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Definition of Narthex
1. Noun. Portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church.
2. Noun. A vestibule leading to the nave of a church.
Group relationships: Church, Church Building
Definition of Narthex
1. n. A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel.
Definition of Narthex
1. Noun. (architecture) A western vestibule leading to the nave in some (especially Orthodox) Christian churches. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Narthex
1. a vestibule in a church [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Narthex
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Narthex
Literary usage of Narthex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1859)
"PROVINCIAL TRANSACTIONS. LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION. THE narthex ... the word
narthex is synonymous with ferula, as it comes from the Greek ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"Unit. sv) that the length of the narthex was tlia whole width of the church. ...
17) seem anciently to have had their place, also iu the narthex. ..."
3. The Works of the Rev. Joseph Bingham by Joseph Bingham, Richard D. Bingham (1855)
"If it be inquired,—Why this part of the church was called narthex? I answer,
because the figure of it was supposed to resemble a ferula, which was the Latin ..."
4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"T.) thit tfct length of the narthex was the whole width of the church. ...
17) seem anciently to have had their place, also ia the narthex. ..."
5. Origines Ecclesiasticæ: Or, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, and by Joseph Bingham, Richard Bingham (1840)
"HAVING taken a view of the exterior narthex, or 'outward ... we are next led by
Eusebius into the interior narthex, ..."
6. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1851)
"The side-chapels are carried far enough ' westward to cut off the ends of the
inner narthex.' l Perhaps we ought to remind our readers, that the porches of ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"It consists of a vast nave of eleven bays, entered by a narthex, with a transept
and short apsidal choir. (It may be remarked that the east« ra limb in all ..."
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