nave
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That project arguably reached its apotheosis in his 28 frescoes on the life of Francis that run along the nave of the upper church in Assisi.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
The Monreale mosaics were meant to impress, humble and inspire the visitor who walked down the central nave, following the fashion of Constantinople, the capital of the surviving Roman empire in the east.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024
For example, archaeologist Cédric Moulis of the University of Lorraine painstakingly reassembled dozens of wedge-shaped stones called voussoirs recovered from the collapsed vaulted ceiling over the nave to glean insights into their mechanical properties.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 5, 2024
Rev. Jorge Armando Vázquez said dozens of people are sleeping in the nave of a parish church in the hamlet of El Rosario, on the outskirts of the city of Apatzingan.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2023
The pastor's anteroom, behind the nave of the sanctuary, is both cool and stuffy.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
Vocabulary lists containing nave
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