Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; 
 characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades; 
[syn: Romanesque, Romanesque architecture]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Romanesque architecture
    n 1: a style of architecture developed in Italy and western
         Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000
         AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the
         substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and
         arcades [syn: Romanesque, Romanesque architecture]