壁へき龕がん

noun

niche (in Western architecture)

Technical term for a recess in a wall, typically used in the context of Western architecture. Not an everyday word.

• 教きょう会かいの壁へき龕がんには聖せい人じんの像ぞうが安あん置ちされている。

  A statue of a saint is placed in the niche of the church wall.