narthex

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Millions of additional readers availed themselves of secondhand, thirdhand, and fourth-hand copies, which they picked up in barbershops, diners, and church narthexes.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019

Both outer and inner narthexes are in one story, above which rise the windows of the western dome arch and the semi-domes on north and south.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

The building might be mistaken for a domed church with four aisles, two narthexes, and a parecclesion.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

It has two narthexes, which extend to both the north and south beyond the body of the building.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

The axial line from east to west, passing through the doors of both narthexes, divides the present building into two dissimilar parts.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander