narthex in English

noun
1
an antechamber, porch, or distinct area at the western entrance of some early Christian churches, separated off by a railing and used by catechumens, penitents, etc..
As soon they reached the narthex , a small antechamber built off of the western gate's wall, Rachel twisted the handle to the room, and the door groaned open.

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1. Antenave definition, a porch or narthex before the nave of a church

2. Local names: Hing, Asafetida, Ingo, Inguva Plant Sources: Ferula Asafoetida and allied species (Ferula foetida and Ferula narthex)

3. Antenave definition: a porch or narthex before the nave of a church Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

4. Synonyms for Anteroom include antechamber, vestibule, foyer, lobby, outer room, foreroom, narthex, waiting room, reception area and reception room

5. Basilica ( plural basilicas or Basilicae ) ( architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory

6. Antechamber definition: a large entrance or reception room or area synonyms: anteroom, lobby, foyer, vestibule, building, entrance hall, edifice, hall, narthex

7. Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Anteroom"): narthex (a vestibule leading to the nave of a church)

8. ‘The baptistery-chapel consists of a semicircular Apse divided into three arched sections built into the south wall of the church.’ ‘She takes in narthex and ground plan, nave, altar, Apse, chapels, the exterior, crypt and tower, relating each to architectural and religious history.’

9. ‘The baptistery-chapel consists of a semicircular Apse divided into three arched sections built into the south wall of the church.’ ‘She takes in narthex and ground plan, nave, altar, Apse, chapels, the exterior, crypt and tower, relating each to architectural and religious history.’

10. There is an obvious difference between the enclosing ambulatory around the choir, dedicated 11 June 1144 in the presence of the King, and the pre-Suger narthex, or Antenave, (1140) that is derived from pre-Romanesque Ottonian Westwerk, and it shows in the heavily molded cross-ribbing and multiple projecting colonnettes positioned directly under