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Break from the Grind January 22, 2018
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: What is the English word for the central walkway in a church, down which a bride walks?
Probably you call all the walkways around the pews in a church aisles.
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However, the technical term for the central walkway is not aisle.
What is the English word for the central walkway in a church, down which a bride walks?
The central walkway is called the nave. The word aisle comes from Latin “ala” (meaning “wing”), so it probably describes the side walkways in a church.