What do you call that bit where the priests live?
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Zhure
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Main Entry: chan·cery
Pronunciation: 'chan(t)-s&-rE, 'chan(t)s-rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -cer·ies
Etymology: Middle English chancerie, alteration of chancellerie chancellery, from Old French, from chancelier
Date: 1553
1 a : capitalized : a high court of equity in England and Wales with common-law functions and jurisdiction over causes in equity b : a court of equity in the American judicial system c : the principles and practice of judicial equity
2 : a record office for public archives or those of ecclesiastical, legal, or diplomatic proceedings
3 a : a chancellor's court or office or the building in which it is located b : the office in which the business of a Roman Catholic diocese is transacted and recorded c : the office of an embassy : CHANCELLERY 3
- in chancery 1 : in litigation in a court of chancery also : under the superintendence of the lord chancellor <a ward in chancery> 2 : in a hopeless predicament
Main Entry: [1]clois·ter
Pronunciation: 'kloi-st&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cloistre, from Old French, from Medieval Latin claustrum, from Latin, bar, bolt, from claudere to close —more at CLOSE
Date: 13th century
1 a : a monastic establishment b : an area within a monastery or convent to which the religious are normally restricted c : monastic life d : a place or state of seclusion
2 : a covered passage on the side of a court usually having one side walled and the other an open arcade or colonnade
Pronunciation: 'chan(t)-s&-rE, 'chan(t)s-rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -cer·ies
Etymology: Middle English chancerie, alteration of chancellerie chancellery, from Old French, from chancelier
Date: 1553
1 a : capitalized : a high court of equity in England and Wales with common-law functions and jurisdiction over causes in equity b : a court of equity in the American judicial system c : the principles and practice of judicial equity
2 : a record office for public archives or those of ecclesiastical, legal, or diplomatic proceedings
3 a : a chancellor's court or office or the building in which it is located b : the office in which the business of a Roman Catholic diocese is transacted and recorded c : the office of an embassy : CHANCELLERY 3
- in chancery 1 : in litigation in a court of chancery also : under the superintendence of the lord chancellor <a ward in chancery> 2 : in a hopeless predicament
Main Entry: [1]clois·ter
Pronunciation: 'kloi-st&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cloistre, from Old French, from Medieval Latin claustrum, from Latin, bar, bolt, from claudere to close —more at CLOSE
Date: 13th century
1 a : a monastic establishment b : an area within a monastery or convent to which the religious are normally restricted c : monastic life d : a place or state of seclusion
2 : a covered passage on the side of a court usually having one side walled and the other an open arcade or colonnade
Left-handed Hummingbird
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I believe abbey is the most appropriate. Perhaps Zhure would do his magic again? 
Zhure
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You're welcome. Anything to help a fellow EN Worlder. Plus anything to boost my post count.
Since you're going to go with something simple, maybe you should think about going with something unique? Since it's a temple to a storm god, perhaps some sort of meteorological reference?
Id est: eye (as in eye of the hurricane); mistral; levantar; bolt... something like that.
Greg
Since you're going to go with something simple, maybe you should think about going with something unique? Since it's a temple to a storm god, perhaps some sort of meteorological reference?
Id est: eye (as in eye of the hurricane); mistral; levantar; bolt... something like that.
Greg
Zhure
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Main Entry: ab·beyLeft-handed Hummingbird said:I believe abbey is the most appropriate. Perhaps Zhure would do his magic again?
Pronunciation: 'a-bE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural abbeys
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French abaïe, from Late Latin abbatia abbey, from abbat-, abbas
Date: 13th century
1 a : a monastery ruled by an abbot b : a convent ruled by an abbess
2 : an abbey church
