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aisle a lateral division in a church flanking the nave or chancel aisle [īl] (architecture) A passageway between or alongside blocks of seats, as in an auditorium. One of the parts of a basilica which are located at the sides of the nave, with each aisle separated from it by a row of columns. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The ceremony was to be solemnized according to the Episcopalian forms, and in open church, with a degree of publicity that attracted many spectators, who occupied the front seats of the galleries, and the pews near the altar and along the broad aisle. A natural fillip followed, the beetle went floundering into the aisle and lit on its back, and the hurt finger went into the boy's mouth. In twos we entered the chamber and marched down the broad Aisle of Hope, as it is called, to the platform in the centre of the hall. |
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