narthex
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
narthex (plural narthexes or narthices)
- (architecture) A western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches.
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 87:
- One of these was Cardinal Jacopo Stefaneschi, [...] who had now conceived ambitious plans for paintings to decorate the entire narthex, or entrance porch, of Avignon's ancient cathedral.
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 87:
- French: narthex
- German: Rute, Narthex
- Italian: nartece
- Portuguese: nártex
- Russian: притво́р
- Spanish: nártex
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