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

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

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 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 Rev. John McDaniel will dedicate the narthex and welcome center.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2016

One with the subject of Hippolytus and Ph�dra, found in the narthex of the little basilica at Salona in 1859, in a fifth-century stratum, is a late copy of one in the Louvre.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)