Colonnade - a row of stone columns
Convento - a group of buildings or rooms including residences built around a square and connected to a mission church.
Corinthian columns - relating
to a style of architecture that uses tall thin columns with a decorative capital at the
top
Diocese - an area that a bishop, a senior Christian
priest is in charge of
Doric columns - built in a plain ancient Greek building
style with a plain Capital at the top 
Ecclesiastic - a Christian priest, minister, etc.
Entablature - the horizontal member carried by the columns in classic architecture
Episcopal - Relating to, or involving church government by bishops. Relating to a bishop or involving church government by bishops
Epitaphs - a short piece of writing that honours a dead
person, especially one written on their grave
Façade - the front of a building,
especially one that is large or impressive
Flying buttresses - a curved
structure that supports the wall of a building
Frescoes - a picture that is
painted onto wet plaster on a wall, for example in a church
Gable - the top
part of a wall of a building just below the roof, that is shaped like a
triangle
Gothic - a style of architecture and building that was common in Europe during the high and late medieval period. Originating in 12th-century France and lasting into the 16th century. It is characterised by pointed arches, the ribbed vaults and the flying buttresses.
Groin - the angles formed by the intersection of two vaults crossing each other
Historicism - a style that draw its inspiration from recreating historic styles
Hypostyle Hall - a hall filled with columns
Iconostasis - a screen on which icons are mounted, used
in Eastern Orthodox churches to separate the area around the altar from the
main part of the church
Ionic columns - made in
the style of buildings in ancient Greece, with tall stone posts that have round
bases and a scrolled capital
Lapis lazuli - a bright blue stone, used in
jewelry
Loggias - a covered open-sided
walkway, often with arches, along one side of a building or a balcony in a
theatre
Marquetry inlay
- a design or picture made with several different types of wood attached to the
surface of a piece of furniture
Medieval - relating to the period of European history between about the
year 1000 a.d. and the year 1500
Mihrab - semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of
Mecca
Minaret - a tall tower that
is traditionally part of a mosque (a Muslim religious building) where someone
stands to call people to prayer
Minbar – a pulpit in the mosque where the imam stands to deliver sermons
Motte and bailey - a fortification consisting of a fortified courtyard
overlooked by a wooden castle built on a mound of earth
Narthex - a portico or lobby of an early Christian or Byzantine church or basilica, originally separated from the nave by a railing or screen. Or- an entrance hall leading to the nave of a church
Nave - the long
central part of a church where people sit
Neoclassical - ideas or
art similar to ancient Greek or Roman ideas or art
Neo- a recent or new kind of a former system or style
Obelisks - a tall pointed stone pillar that has been
built to remember an important person or event
Oculus - an architectural feature
that is round or eye-shaped, e.g. a round window or a round opening at the top
of a dome
Oeil-de-boeuf - a comparatively small round or oval window, as in a frieze
Palisade - a strong fence made from tall posts with pointed ends
Pilasters - a flat column that is
slightly farther forward than the rest of a wall, which is usually for
decoration rather than for supporting something
Plinth - a square piece of stone
that forms the bottom of a column or statue
Polyptych - a painting, typically an altarpiece, consisting of more than three leaves or panels joined by hinges or folds.
Portcullises - a heavy iron gate
that can be lowered in front of the entrance to a castle as a defense
Portico - a structure with no
sides that has a roof supported by columns, usually built at the entrance to a
building
Presbytery - the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the Chancel)
Propylaea - a colonnaded gate or
entrance to a building or group of buildings, especially to a temple
Renaissance - the
period in Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries when there was increased
interest in ancient Greece and Rome, which produced new developments in art,
literature, science, architecture, etc.
Rococo - built or designed in a style with a lot of delicate decoration
that was fashionable in Europe in the 18th century
Romanesque - a style of architecture and building that was common in Western Europe from about 900 to 1200 AD they are characterised by round arches, curved ceilings, thick walls and large pillars.
Stellar - of or pertaining to
the stars; consisting of stars
Stupas - domed structures housing
Buddhist or Jain relics
Topaz - a clear yellow stone used for making jewellery
Transepts - one of the two parts
of a church that are built across the main part and make the church form the
shape of a cross
Travertine - a form of limestone
Tufa - a porous rock formed from
deposited calcium carbonate and found near mineral springs
Vault - an
underground room where people’s bodies are buried, especially under a church
Vaulted - curved
structures supporting or forming the roof of a building
Vestry - a room in a church used for storing things