narthex
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Instead, on Sundays, he worshipped in the narthex at the back of Camden First United Methodist Church, separated from the rest of the congregation, with his family at his side in folding chairs.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
The entrance, which is also framed by the same angles of the tower shapes, feels both grand and humanly scaled, and functions a bit like the narthex of a cathedral.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2019
When the narthex was expanded last year to accommodate a new elevator, the church commissioned an artist to replicate the original light fixtures.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2016
The church’s documents had been kept in a narthex cloakroom for years, but were recently moved into a locked fireproof file cabinet.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2014
One large western window illuminates the nave, and there is also a double circle of lights round the apse, the galleries, and the narthex.
From Architecture by Bell, Nancy R E Meugens
