Built with or featuring a clerestory, an upper-wall window structure that allows light into interior spaces.
From clerestory (clear + story), meaning the clear story or upper story with windows. The adjective form describes buildings constructed with this specific architectural feature.
Medieval church architects were basically lighting engineers—they invented clerestories to flood the inside with light without letting common people see in from street level, making cathedrals feel divinely illuminated.
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