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- noun Plural form of
nave .
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Examples
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In one of the naves is a gigantic pillar, with a bronze serpent.
Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta W. Cope Devereux
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The vessel was of the class called naves liburnicae-long, narrow, low in the water, and modelled for speed and quick manoeuvre.
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(Ezekiel 16: 31) It is rendered once only in the plural, "naves,"
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They were found in sepulchers, under churches, in the naves, perhaps a grave yard, and various other places.
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Inspired by the Holy Trinity, the cathedral has 3 naves, 3 doorways, 3 levels on the main facade with 3 columns defining the niches.
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Harry followed a tourist procession through the main archway, then joined a group of local pilgrims as they halted in one of the ancient naves.
The Black Madonna Davis Bunn 2010
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It was All Souls Day and the whisperings to the dead rose from the pews, circling in the naves until they hummed with a humid sorrow.
The Lady Matador’s Hotel Cristina García 2010
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Inspired by the Holy Trinity, the cathedral has 3 naves, 3 doorways, 3 levels on the main facade with 3 columns defining the niches.
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Our market-based economy is not dead ... only severely wounded by pirates and naves.
Philip Lee Miller: Health Care Reform: Trying to Please Everyone and No One 2009
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He had hopes that this would become a great cathedral, but the original plan - an edifice comprised of five naves, capable of holding about 30,000 people at a time - was quelled by the usual Church politics.
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