Safe cupboard in a side wall of the chancel of a church and not directly associated with an altar, for reservation of the sacrament.
Sacristy
Room in a church for sacred vessels and vestments.
Saddleback roof
A pitched roof used on a tower.
Sail dome
A square dome or vault of one continuous curve with the same diameter as the diagonal of the square, so that it rises from pendentives between arches. So named from its supposed resemblance to a billowing sail. Also called a sail vault.
Sail vault
A square vault or dome of one continuous curve with the same diameter as the diagonal of the square, so that it rises from pendentives between arches. So named from its supposed resemblance to a billowing sail. Also called a sail dome.
Salomonic columns
Columns with twisted spiral shafts, called after columns in Rome supposed to have come from Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. Also called Solomonic columns, barley-sugar columns.
Saltire cross
A cross with arms set diagonally.
Sanctuary
Used for the area around the main altar of a church.
Sangha
Residence of Buddhist monks or nuns.
Sarcophagus
(lit. flesh-consuming): Coffin of stone or other durable material.