Meaning of GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
	Synonyms:		Gothic
	See Also:		architectural style, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular, perpendicular style, style of architecture, type of architecture