Harper Collins German Unabridged Dictionary:
Hallenkirche f hall church
Encyclopedia Britannica:
hall church
German HALLENKIRCHE, OR DREISCHIFFIGE KIRCHE, church in which the aisles are approximately equal in height to the nave. The interior is typically lit by large aisle windows, instead of a clerestory, and has an open and spacious feeling, as of a columned hall. Hall churches are characteristic of the German Gothic period. [..] Special features of German hall churches include lofty nave arcades and immense roofs, covering both the nave and the aisles.
Duden Universalwörterbuch
Hallenkirche, die (Archit.): Kirche, bei der die Seitenschiffe die gleiche Höhe haben wie das Mittelschiff u. der gesamte Bau von einem einzigen Dach überspannt wird;
http://www.bartleby.com/61/79/H0027950.htmlThe American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition
hall church
NOUN: A church in which the side aisles are as high or almost as high as the nave and which consequently lacks a clerestory.
ETYMOLOGY: Translation of German Hallenkirche : Halle, hall + Kirche, church.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/HallenkircheDer Bautyp Hallenkirche ist durch die Gestalt des Langhauses gekennzeichnet. Dessen Schiffe sind von gleicher oder annähernd gleicher Höhe, oft unter einem einzigen gemeinsamen Satteldach vereinigt.
