esonarthex

E1S1O1N1A1R1T1H4E1X8

noun

An inner narthex (in a church).

Scrabble 20
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounesonarthex (plural esonarthexes)

plural esonarthexes

  1. An inner narthex (in a church).

    This esonarthex opened by three principal doors, h, g, r, into the area at the west of the church: of these r is now blocked.

    1850, John Mason Neale, A History of the Holy Eastern Church: General introduction. 2 vols, page 246
Cite this entry
APA

esonarthex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/esonarthex

MLA

“esonarthex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/esonarthex. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “esonarthex,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/esonarthex.

Source: esonarthex on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.