1. a covered passage or corridor connecting a cathedral or church to other buildings, especially the chapter house
Usage: architectural

Examples

• The monks walked through the slype to reach the chapter house for their morning meeting.
• The medieval cathedral’s slype provided shelter from the weather when moving between buildings.
• Restoration work on the ancient slype revealed beautiful stone carvings from the 13th century.
• The slype connected the south transept of the cathedral to the chapter house.
• Visitors can still see the original slype that medieval clergy used daily.