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Gothic ambulatory at Saint-Denis
Gothic ambulatory at Saint-Denis

The ambulatory (Med. The Basilica of Saint Denis ( French: Basilique de Saint-Denis, or simply Basilique Saint-Denis) is the burial site of almost all the French Lat. ambulatorium, a place for walking, from ambulare, to walk) is the covered passage around a cloister; a term applied sometimes to the procession way around the east end of a cathedral or large church and behind the high altar. Walking (also called ambulation) is the main form of Animal Locomotion on land, distinguished from Running and crawling A cloister (from Latin claustrum) is a part of Cathedral, Monastic and Abbey architecture This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral An altar is any structure upon which Sacrifices or other offerings are made for religious purposes or some other sacred place where ceremonies take place

Aisles that line the nave extend through the transept and continue in a half-circle that runs behind the apse. In Romanesque and Gothic Christian Abbey, Cathedral Basilica and church Architecture, the nave is the APSE standing for Ada Programming Support Environment is a program or set of programs to support Software development in the Ada programming language. Along the ambulatory, there are small chapels (chantries). A chapel is a holy place or area of Worship for Christians, which may be attached to an institution such as a large church, a College, a Chantry is the English term for the establishment of an institutional Chapel on private land or within a greater church where a priest would chant masses This modification by Romanesque architects allowed visitors to move freely around the altar without disturbing the monks' devotions. MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective

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ambulatory

-adjective

  1. Of, relating to, or adapted to walking
  2. (medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
  3. (medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.

-noun

  1. The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
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