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exonarthexes

exonarthexes is the plural of exonarthex.

Meaning of exonarthex

Noun

exonarthex (plural exonarthexes or exonarthices)

  1. The space anterior to the narthex of a church, sometimes roofed-over as with a porch, but more often an enclosed courtyard; in antiquity, the courtyard where catechumens were permitted to be close to the Eucharist, but forbidden to see it celebrated.
    • The exonarthex is of inferior workmanship, and has been thought by some of later date than the rest of the church; but there seems no ground for this belief.1850, John Mason Neale, A History of the Holy Eastern Church: The Patriarchate of Alexandria

Questions about exonarthexes

What is exonarthexes the plural of?
Exonarthexes is the plural of exonarthex.

Words near exonarthexes in the dictionary

  1. exon
  2. Exon Domesday
  3. exon shuffling
  4. exonal
  5. exonarthex
  6. exonarthexes
  7. exoneme
  8. exonemes
  9. exonerable
  10. exonerate
  11. exonerated

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