narthex

Example Sentences

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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

Last summer, the church dedicated a special altar in the narthex for people to pray.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2019

Engineers discovered cracks in a 14-square-foot section of tiling in the doorway between the entrance and the narthex.

From Washington Times • Mar. 13, 2016

The central space was surrounded on three sides by porticoes dividing it into portions which became the aisles for the worshippers and the narthex for the use of catechumens.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope