Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The hub of a wheel.
- noun The central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the chancel and flanked by aisles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The main body, or middle part, lengthwise, of a church, extending typically from the chief entrance to the choir or chancel.
- To form as a nave; cause to resemble a nave in function or in effect.
- noun The central part of a wheel, in which the spokes are inserted; the hub. See cuts under
felly and hub. - noun The navel.
- A Middle English contraction of ne have, have not.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also
hub orhob . - noun obsolete The navel.
- noun (Arch.) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances, or, if there are no transepts, from the choir to the principal entrance, but not including the aisles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
hub of awheel . - noun architecture The middle or body of a
church , extending from thetransepts to the principal entrances.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the central area of a church
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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The word nave comes from the Latin word for ship – hence our modern word naval, as in naval officer.
trinityboy Diary Entry trinityboy 2006
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It is most probably called the nave from the Latin _navis_, signifying a ship, the same word from which we get our English "navy" and "naval."
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The span of the nave is broad and a little low, in keeping with its parent style.
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A long narrow nave is flanked by graceful arcades of beautifully-proportioned arches.
A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years, Part Two: Monte Alban and the Zimatlán Valley. 2005
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A long narrow nave is flanked by graceful arcades of beautifully-proportioned arches.
A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years, Part Two: Monte Alban and the Zimatlán Valley. 2005
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Above the central nave is Michelangelo's dome, 139 feet in diameter and 396 feet high.
USATODAY.com - Millions of mourners bid farewell to Pope John Paul II 2005
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A long narrow nave is flanked by graceful arcades of beautifully-proportioned arches.
A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years, Part Two: Monte Alban and the Zimatlán Valley. 2005
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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.
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Beyond the northern and southern piles, a balustrade, terminated on either side by the thrones of the emperor and the patriarch, divided the nave from the choir; and the space, as far as the steps of the altar, was occupied by the clergy and singers.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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400 A.D. “the house of the believers is long in shape like a ship hence nave from the Latin navis and directed towards the east.”
Archive 2008-04-01 Donna Farley 2008
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