The loud organ music soon drowned out the coughing of the people sitting in the nave. From LearnThat.org.
The word nave comes from the Latin word for ship – hence our modern word naval, as in naval officer. From Wordnik.com. [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference
A long narrow nave is flanked by graceful arcades of beautifully-proportioned arches. From Wordnik.com. [A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years, Part Two: Monte Alban and the Zimatlán Valley.] Reference
Above the central nave is Michelangelo's dome, 139 feet in diameter and 396 feet high. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Millions of mourners bid farewell to Pope John Paul II] Reference
The bells have stopped, the censers are swinging, and the nave is full of people; their heavy feet have hidden the labyrinth's tiled lobes. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Mirabilis by Susann Cokal] Reference
The nave, which is the oldest part, is referred to in the. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
East of the nave are the chancel area and a rectangular apse. From Wordnik.com. [Early Church at Aqaba] Reference
In the north aisle of the nave is a two-light window by Warrington. From Wordnik.com. [Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference
The sixth and last window on the north aisle of the nave is the New. From Wordnik.com. [Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres] Reference
In the nave is a very massive pulpit given in 1873 by the family of Dr. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference
In the centre of the nave is a curious piece of Byzantine pavement, executed in 1207. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
In the westernmost window of the south wall of the nave is a shield bearing the arms of. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
One remarkable feature is the length of the nave, which is only exceeded by Winchester. From Wordnik.com. [What to See in England] Reference
There can be no doubt that the plan adopted in the nave was a convenient and logical one. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See] Reference
The nave, which is 100 feet high, consists of six bays, with triforium and lofty clerestory. From Wordnik.com. [Normandy Picturesque] Reference
In the centre of the nave is the tomb of an Englishman, Thomas de Weston, Doctor Legum, 1408. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
On the beautiful old roof of the nave is a record of the actual date and the builder's name. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
On the north side of the nave is a single door, now called = the Dean's door =, of good Norman work. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference
Near the west end of the nave is a statue by Silvier to Dr Jenner, who introduced the practice of vaccination. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See] Reference
Unfortunately the axis of the west front does not correspond to that of the nave, which is too wide for its height. From Wordnik.com. [What to See in England] Reference
Half-way down the nave was the family from the Manor, Constance and Max on either side of a tall gray-haired gentleman. From Wordnik.com. [The Spanish Chest] Reference
The nave is the oldest part of the building, and appears to have been erected before the middle of the fifteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
Chapel, where morning and evening prayer is said daily on week-days, and the nave, which is used for the Sunday services. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey] Reference
The King could grasp all else from pinnacle to basement, but the nave was the parishioners ', and that he could not touch. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
And beside the nave is a little high turret built, where burns a lamp in a lantern at the top, to give light to those at sea. From Wordnik.com. [Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset] Reference
At the extremity of the nave, which is raised on steps to form a choir, anciently stood the high altar, but this has been removed. From Wordnik.com. [Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe] Reference
The choir and north wall of the nave are the work of the restorer, and tell us nothing but a tale of culpable neglect and mistaken zeal!. From Wordnik.com. [Evesham] Reference
The nave, which is separated from the choir by a green curtain, is filled with tables and benches, for it is used also as a dining-hall. From Wordnik.com. [Over Strand and Field] Reference
In the middle of the nave are the four arches which supported the tower, now mere skeletons, yet sufficiently preserved to show their form. From Wordnik.com. [What to See in England] Reference
The central space was then called the "nave," and the spaces between the columns the aisles. From Wordnik.com. [Introductory American History] Reference
In the nave is the following infcription, now much mutilated: "Ora pro anima Jobs. From Wordnik.com. [The environs of London: being an historical account of the towns, villages, and hamlets, within twelve miles of that capital interspersed with biographical anecdotes] Reference
Safire had dismissed Kerry's ideas as "thin, political, gimmicky and nave". From Wordnik.com. [Attack Politics] Reference
That's fine, as long as he finds other ways to move the slabs of stone into the nave. From Wordnik.com. [For 'W,' Wonkery That Works] Reference
It must nave been a fiendishly difficult movie to shoot, but the filmmakers make it look easy. From Wordnik.com. [Meryl (Yes, Meryl) Goes Macho] Reference
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