narthex
- n portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church
- n a vestibule leading to the nave of a church
- Architect Michelucci has also departed from custom by en folding the narthex, or entrance portico, in a gentle cloister; the church swallows its own entrance.
- The road to the Texas statehouse, after all, ran right through the narthex.
- She is the wedding coordinator and is frequently asked to remove the GLBTQ literature in the narthex by non-members who don't want to get married at their own ugly churches .