See also:

• NARTHEX (Gr. vapOr7E, the name of the plant giant=fennel, in Lat. ferula)

NARTHEX (Gr. vapOr7E, the name of the plant See also:

• GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant=See also:

• FENNEL

fennel, in See also:

• LAT

Lat. ferula)  , the name applied in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, probably from a supposed resemblance in shape to the See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

reed-like plant, to the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long arcaded See also:

• PORCH (through the Fr. porehe, from Lat. porticus; the Ital. equivalent is portico, corresponding to the Gr. vapOi ; Ger. Vorhalle)

porch forming the entrance into a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, to which the catechumens and penitents were admitted . Some-times there was a second See also:

• NARTHEX (Gr. vapOr7E, the name of the plant giant=fennel, in Lat. ferula)

narthex or See also:

• VESTIBULE (from Lat. vestibulum)

vestibule within the church, when the See also:

• OUTER

outer one was known as the exonarthex . In See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine churches this inner narthex formed See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main structure of the church, being divided from it by a See also:

• SCREEN (usually, but very doubtfully, connected with Lat. scrinium, a box for holding books, from scribere, to write; a connexion with Ger. Schranke, barrier, has been suggested)

screen of columns . A narthex is found in some See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German churches, where, however, it had no See also:

• RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ritual meaning but was introduced as a western See also:

• TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept to give more importance to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west end . One of the finest examples to be found in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England is that of See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, where its See also:

• NORTHERN

northern portion, however, was apparently never completed .