12 January 2018
nave
[neyv]
noun
1. the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
Origin of nave
Medieval Latin
1665-1675; < Medieval Latin nāvis, Latin: ship; so called from the resemblance in shape
Can be confused
knave, naval, nave (see synonym study at knave )
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Examples from the Web for nave
Historical Examples
On most Sundays doth he preach here in the nave to all sorts of folk.
The Armourer’s Prentices
Charlotte M. Yonge
The nave of the church is Decorated, and has beautiful windows of that period.
Yorkshire Painted And Described
Gordon Home
The nave was slowly filled, the men being at the right and the women at the left.
The Dream
Emile Zola
The nave, then as now, was the charge of the parish; the chancel, of the rector.
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II
Charlotte Mary Yonge
Saxon arches separating the nave from the aisles and chancel are plain.
English Villages
P. H. Ditchfield
Many were cruciform, and consisted of nave, transepts, and chancel.
English Villages
P. H. Ditchfield
The nave of the church is now filled with seats for the use of the congregation.
English Villages
P. H. Ditchfield
They were too numerous to be counted, they studded the nave with stars of great price.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete
Emile Zola
“It is better that I did not meet him,” he said, with nave conviction.
A Spirit in Prison
Robert Hichens
It planted itself in the centre of the nave and grew there monstrously.
Abbe Mouret’s Transgression
Emile Zola
Anagram
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Today’s quote
There’s going to be stress in life, but it’s your choice whether to let it affect you or not.
– Valerie Bertinelli
On this day
12 December 1901 – Italian inventor, Guglielmo Marconi sends the world’s first wireless transmission over 2,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from Poldhu, Cornwall, England to Newfoundland, Canada. The message he sent was the letter ‘s’ in morse code, represented by three dots …
12 December 1913 – the Mona Lisa is recovered in Florence, two years after being stolen from the Louvre in Paris.
12 December 1925 – the world’s first motel, the Milestone Mo-Tel, opens in San Luis Obispo, California. The motorists-hotel enabled visitors to park their cars outside their rooms.
12 December 1946 – John D. Rockefeller donates six blocks of Manhattan to the United Nations, which is now the site of UN Headquarters.
12 December 2003 – Keiko, the killer whale from the movie, ‘Free Willy’, dies in Norway.
12 December 2007 – International Chess Grand-Master, Garry Kasparov announces that he is withdrawing from running for the presidential election. Kasparov’s party, Other Russia, had faced difficulty in meeting the electoral requirements for supporters to meet in Moscow.