nave

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
3. The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances
4. A hub of a wheel.
5. The ground-level middle cavity of a barn
6. The ground-level middle cavity of a barn.
7. The navel.
   obsolete
8. The central part of a church, typically extending from the narthex to the chancel and flanked by aisles.
9. A hub of a wheel
10. The hub of a wheel.
11. The navel
12. the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel.
13. the central part of a wheel; hub.
14. the middle or main part of a church. skip, naaf صَحْن الكَنيسَه неф nave hlavní loď das Mittel-..., Hauptschiff midterskib κεντρικό κλίτος ναού nave lööv سالن اصلی کلیسا keskilaiva nef אוּלָם אֶמְצָעִי पहिये की नाव, गिरजा घर का मध्य भाग crkvena lađa főhajó bagian tengah gereja kirkjuskip navata; navata 身廊 (교회당의) 신랑(身廊) nava joms ruang utama schipskipnawa د كليسا سالن nave navă неф hlavná loď cerkvena ladja brod mittskepp ทางเดินยาวระหว่างที่นั่งในโบสถ์จากประตูเข้าถึงแท่นบูชา (kilisenin orta b...
15. (Architecture) the central space in a church, extending from the narthex to the chancel and often flanked by aisles
16. the central block or hub of a wheel
17. n (of church) → Haupt- or Mittel- or Längsschiff nt
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Examples

“Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say⟳ the last⟳ prayer.”

“'Out, out, thou strumpet Fortune! All you gods, In general synod take⟳ away her power; Break⟳ all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven[…]”

“Till he faced the slave; / Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, / Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, / And fix'd his head upon our battlements”

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