Individual examples of church plate, such as communion cups and chalices or candlesticks, for instance, are found in various other places in the AAT, because the AAT's organization stresses function and form over the context in which an object is used. For this reason, communion cups and chalices are placed in Containers, and candlesticks in Furnishings, under lighting devices. However, the AAT recognizes that church plate is an alternate Broader Term for these and other objects and links them as Related Terms. The AAT is composed of terms that represent discrete concepts. This makes the thesaurus more powerful and versatile.
Onion domes are bulbous domes, the style of which developed in Turkey and the Middle East.
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