exonarthex

English

From exo- +‎ narthex.

exonarthex (plural exonarthexes)

(architecture, Christianity) The space anterior to the narthex of a church, sometimes roofed-over as with a porch, but more often an enclosed courtyard; in antiquity, the courtyard where catechumens were permitted to be close to the Eucharist, but forbidden to see it celebrated.
- 1850, John Mason Neale, A History of the Holy Eastern Church: The Patriarchate of Alexandria:
  The exonarthex is of inferior workmanship, and has been thought by some of later date than the rest of the church; but there seems no ground for this belief.

单词	exonarthex
释义	exonarthex English Etymology From exo- +‎ narthex. Noun exonarthex (plural exonarthexes) (architecture, Christianity) The space anterior to the narthex of a church, sometimes roofed-over as with a porch, but more often an enclosed courtyard; in antiquity, the courtyard where catechumens were permitted to be close to the Eucharist, but forbidden to see it celebrated. 1850, John Mason Neale, A History of the Holy Eastern Church: The Patriarchate of Alexandria: The exonarthex is of inferior workmanship, and has been thought by some of later date than the rest of the church; but there seems no ground for this belief. Coordinate terms esonarthex
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