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the central area of a church

The interior was small—tiny when compared with St. Peter's—with a short nave under a low vault.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone

As they proceeded down the seemingly endless nave, his eyes darted about behind their obscuring mask.
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
"You are very friendly towards me," said K., as they walked up and down beside each other in the darkness of one of the side naves.
Franz Kafka -- The Trial
Then down the nave he saw Miss Schlegel and her brother.
E.M. Forster -- Howards End
When the boys entered the basilica, lights in the nave came on and the organ gently played the notes of the "Guadalupe Hymn."
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
Pews fell, hymnals flew, and a silver Communion set cruised silently across the vaulted darkness of the nave to crash into the far wall.
Stephen King -- Carrie
Newman went into the little nave and of course found a deeper dusk than without.
Henry James -- The American
On Monday morning, instead of sitting in first-period bio, Emily stood next to her parents in the high-ceilinged, marble-floored nave of Rosewood Abbey.
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars
He moved through the Great Crossing, down the nave toward the narthex and the front doors.
Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
Wearing their infrared goggles, they fanned out across the nave, swinging their detectors before them.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
They flew down the length of the nave, turned sharply, and disappeared through a doorway.
Ransom Riggs -- Hollow City
The candles on the high altar had been extinguished but the fragrance of incense still floated down the dim nave.
James Joyce -- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The hall glowed like a cathedral nave at Eastertide.
Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
Well, this is the nave, where the pews are.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones
The eyes of Porthos were furtively cast upon this lady, and then roved about at large over the nave.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Three Musketeers
Once in, I paid little attention to the architecture, although I knew the terms: clerestories and naves were things I'd written papers about.
Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
At the far end of the nave the altar loomed out of the shadows, laden with white flowers.
Anne Rice -- Interview with the Vampire
The elevator doors opened onto the nave of the cathedral, alive with the dancing light of candles.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Ashes
Would not this nave of a wheel have his ears cut off?
William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 2
Rows of granite pews, dappledwith different colors, extending all the way to the far-off entrance to the nave.
Christopher Paolini -- Inheritance

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