Babinets (architecture)
{{Short description|Church architecture element}}
Babinets ({{langx|cs|Babinec}}, {{langx|pl|Babiniec}},[http://www.sekowa.rzeszow.opoka.org.pl/?page_id=15 Historia kościołów] {{langx|ru|Бабинец }}, {{langx|uk|Бабинець}}[https://www.lingvolive.com/en-us/translate/uk-uk/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C бабинець]) is a compartment in some Slavic churches, historically intended for women.[https://www.beskidsadecki.eu/index.php?id=szlak_cerkwi_lemkowskich&sk=cerkiewnik Tu jest tworzony słowniczek pojęć, używanych w opisach konstrukcji i wystroju cerkwi]{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-9U7zj5ucuAC&pg=PA321 | title=Cerkwie drewniane Karpat: Polska i Slowacja : Przewodnik | isbn=978-83-89188-08-3 | last1=Michniewska | first1=Magdalena | last2=Michniewski | first2=Artur | last3=Duda | first3=Marta | date=2003 | publisher=Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz" }} The term derives from the Slavic word baba, "woman".[https://books.google.com/books?id=RO_VAAAAMAAJ&q=%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86+%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BD p. 81]
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