Definition of narthex:
(n) :
a western
vestibule leading to the
nave in some (especially Orthodox) Christian churches
"1942: we were in the antechamber, called the narthex, which runs across the front of any Byzantine church -- Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 637)"
Definition of narthex:
(n) :
a western
vestibule leading to the
nave in some (especially Orthodox) Christian churches
"1942: we were in the antechamber, called the narthex, which runs across the front of any Byzantine church -- Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 637)"