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Synonyms for aisles

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahyl
Phonetic Transcription : aɪl

Top 10 synonyms for aisles
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Définition of aisles

Origin :
  • late 14c., ele, "lateral division of a church (usually separated by a row of pillars), from Old French ele "wing (of a bird or an army), side of a ship" (12c., Modern French aile), from Latin ala, related to axilla "wing, upper arm, armpit; wing of an army," from PIE *aks- "axis" (see axis), via a suffixed form *aks-la-. The root meaning in "turning" connects it with axle and axis.
  • Confused 15c. with unrelated ile "island" (perhaps from notion of a "detached" part of a church), and so it took an -s- when isle did, c.1700; by 1750 it had acquired an a-, on the model of French cognate aile. The word also was confused with alley, which gave it the sense of "passage between rows of pews or seats" (1731), which was thence extended to railway cars, theaters, etc.
  • noun passageway dividing something
Example sentences :
  • Saxon arches separating the nave from the aisles and chancel are plain.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • But in the dimness of these two aisles lurks the spirit of the wilds.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • Fair the long reaches of sun and shade in the aisles of the forest.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • It is usually in three bays and opens into the aisles and central area.
  • Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
  • Ladies in beautiful spring dresses were following the vergers up the aisles.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • This is a building divided into a nave and aisles and with a vestibule.
  • Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
  • Except in the choir all the aisles are of the same height, about 68 feet.
  • Extract from : « Portuguese Architecture » by Walter Crum Watson
  • It is a small church, with nave and aisles of five bays and a square chancel.
  • Extract from : « Portuguese Architecture » by Walter Crum Watson
  • Single Ionic columns also stand at the outer angles of the aisles.
  • Extract from : « Portuguese Architecture » by Walter Crum Watson
  • It was so full that he could only stand in one of the aisles.
  • Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
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