Crossword-Solution: NARTHEX
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Narthex | n. | A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel. |
| Narthex | n. | The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; -- used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church. |
We have 16 clues for the answer “NARTHEX”
| Clue | Answers |
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| An antechamber in a church | 1 answer |
| Basilica vestibule | 1 answer |
| Byzantine portico | 1 answer |
| Church vestibule | 1 answer |
| Enclosed passage in a church | 1 answer |
| Religious passage | 1 answer |
| Way to the nave | 1 answer |
| Church passageway | 2 answers |
| A PASSAGEWAY BETWEEN BUILDINGS OR GIVING ACCESS TO A BASEMENT | 10 answers |
| AN ENCLOSED PASSAGEWAY | 10 answers |
| BASILICA, part of | 10 answers |
| Foyer | 21 answers |
| ANTEROOM | 25 answers |
| Vestibule | 26 answers |
| Caning | 36 answers |
| "___ Hall" | 43 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with NARTHEX (5)
Externally, the proportions, the squareness, of the nave (west and east, the vast narthex or porch, and the [131] Gothic choir, rise above its roof-line), remind one of another great Romanesque church at home--of the nave of Winchester, out of which Wykeham carved his richly panelled Perpendicular interior.
The light is that which lies below the vault and within the tribunes of the famous narthex (as they say), the vast fore-church or vestibule, into which the nave is prolonged.
They had been attacked close to the church, by a party of monks when in the act of driving a gaily-decorated steer to the temple of Apollo, in defiance of the Imperial edict; and the beast, terrified by the tumult, had rushed into the narthex for shelter.
Beyond the narthex--the vestibule of the church, where three penitents were flaying their backs with scourges by the side of a small marble fountain, and in full view of the crowd--they were forced to part, as the women were divided from the men by a screen of finely-carved woodwork.
The portal to a glorious temple may be through a dark and dreary narthex, to be traversed painfully, it may be on one's knees, a passage only illuminated in its last stages by exhilarating bursts of light as the door ahead momentarily swings open.
Quotes with NARTHEX (1)
[Every] believer will receive a reward for his works. The New Testament teaches these rewards are called “crowns.” We will surely be surprised to note who receives the crowns and who doesn’t. The lowliest servant may sparkle with more jewels than the philanthropist who endowed the church and whose name is engraved on the plaque in the narthex.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, NYT.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1983–2009).