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Glossary

Collegiate church: A church endowed for the support of a college of priests.
Colonnade: Range of columns supporting an entablature, without arches. Compare arcade.
Colonnette: A small column or shaft, usually medieval.
Colossal order: No. 14 Abbey Yard
In classical architecture, an order whose height is that of two or more storeys of the building to which it is applied. Also called a giant order.
Columbarium: Shelved, niched structure to house multiple burials.
Column: An upright structural member, especially in the classical styles, of round section and with a shaft, a capital, and usually a base.
Columna rostrata: (Latin): Column decorated with carved prows of ships to celebrate a naval victory.
Column figure: Carved figure attached to a medieval column or shaft, usually flanking a doorway. Compare trumeau figure.
Commissioners’ church: An Anglican church built with public money by the Church Building Commissioners, in the period 1818-56.
Commissioners’ Gothic: The kind of Gothic Revival style used for many of the Commissioners’ churches after 1818. It tends to be more accurate in terms of archaeology than the so-called Gothick of the 18th century, but is often let down by cheapness or thinness of execution.