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stave_church

stave church

English

Noun

stave church ‎(plural stave churches)

A wooden church with a medieval post and lintel construction.

Translations

wooden church of a medieval type

Danish: stavkirke c
Dutch: staafkerk (nl) f
Faroese: stavkirkja f
Finnish: sauvakirkko
German: Stabkirche (de) f

Icelandic: stafkirkja f
Norwegian:

Bokmål: stavkirke m, f

Nynorsk: stavkyrkje f
Swedish: stavkyrka c