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Narthex:
In Greek, the word literally means "a large fennel" (a tall herb).
The narthex is the entrance hall or foyer to the church, the
enclosed area between the outside doors and the nave. It's called by
Protestant denominations the vestibule or lobby.
Nave: The pew area of the church building, where the congregation sits, stands or kneels during public worship. The nave is more than an auditorium, where people listen, because worship in the Episcopal Church involves everyone as participants.
The word probably derives from the Latin navis ("ship"). In older churches the beams of the roof resembled the beams and timbers in the
bottom and sides of a ship.
In medieval England the derogatory term "knave" (commoner) developed from nave, because the nave was the area of the worship space where the "common" people sat.
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