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
About 60 floor tiles emblazoned with swastika-style crosses are interspersed with the red tiles in the church’s narthex, or entrance.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2016
The Rev. John McDaniel will dedicate the narthex and welcome center.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 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
Opening upon this is the narthex, an open portico level with the tower which stands at the west end of the north aisle, with a stone seat running round the wall.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
