Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: narthex  'naa(r),theks
  1. Portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church
     
  2. A vestibule leading to the nave of a church

Derived forms: narthexes

Type of: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, portico, vestibule

Part of: basilica, church, church building

Encyclopedia: Narthex

Nearest

narrow-leaved white-topped aster
narrowly
narrow-minded
narrow-mindedly
narrow-mindedness
narrow-mouthed
narrowness
Narthecium
Narthecium americanum
Narthecium ossifragum
narthex
nartjie
narwal
narwhal
narwhale
nary
NASA
nasal
nasal aspirator
nasal bone
nasal canthus