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Narthex - an enclosed space at the entry end of the nave of
a church; "The ushers will line up in the Narthex."
Nave - the main part of a church; the place where the congregation
sits. Derived from an old word for ship; in older churches the beams of
the roof resembled the beams and timbers in the sides of a ship; The area
of
the church where the people gather for the liturgy.
Nunc Dimittis - The Song of Simeon (Luke 2:29-32) normally used
as one of the canticles at Evening Prayer and Compline (see
BCP, 66,
120, & 135). This canticle is also used at Candlemas.