Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Nave

The central aisle; the part of a church located between the chief entrance and the chancel, and separated from the side aisles by piers or columns

This is the area where the congregation sits in pews.

Latin: "navis" = ship (an early symbol of the church)

See Vocabulary - Churches

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Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above: St. Ann's RC
  
  
• St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
  
  
• St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church
  
  
• St. John's Grace Episcopal Church
  
  
• Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna
  
  
• St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
  
  
• Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation
  
  
• Parkside Lutheran Church
  

• Trinity United Methodist Church, Grand Island

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