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Answer for the clue "Narrow passage in an English cathedral ", 5 letters:
slype

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slype \Slype\, n. [Cf. D. sluipen to sneak.] (Arch.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery. [Eng.]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The term slype is a variant of slip in the sense of a narrow passage; in architecture , the name for the covered passage usually found in monasteries or cathedrals between the transept and the chapter house , as at St Andrews , Winchester , Gloucester , ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context architecture English) A covered passageway, especially one connecting the transept of a cathedral or monastery to the chapter house.

Usage examples of slype.

Under this arcading in the transept is a doorway, built by Lord Grimthorpe, partly from fragments of the west doorway of the old slype, and partly from his own design.

Under this arcading in the transept is a doorway, built by Lord Grimthorpe, partly from fragments of the west doorway of the old slype, and partly from his own design.

Their breath fogged on the air before them as they made their way through a slype to skirt the northern side of the cloister garth.