church doors
Chapel's main entry
Church doors are the main entrance doors to a church building, typically large, heavy, and often ornately decorated.
The phrase appears in the simile as broad as church doors—meaning very wide—from Mercutio's death scene in Romeo and Juliet, where he describes his mortal wound.
Outside this literary reference, the term is simply descriptive.
- portalImposing entrance or gate
- doorwayPassage into a room
- grand entranceOstentatious way to appear
- knockerDoor-mounted striking device
- cathedralBishop's principal church
entrance · threshold · narthex · hinges · holy water · house of worship · wicket gate · frame · carvings · tympanum · gothic style · lintel · jamb · religion · Sunday service · tracery · stained glass · archway
- doorstrapdoor, solid core, hollow core, shoji screen, doorway
- ReformationMartin Luther, John Calvin, 95 Theses, Protestant Reformation, Luther
- medieval arttapestry, ivory carvings, Book of Kells, fresco, Lindisfarne Gospels
- church metalworkcensers, chalices, crosses, croziers, crucifixes
- churchesCatholic cathedrals, chapels, Eastern Orthodox, megachurch, Cologne Cathedral
- church architecturealtar, altars, nave, naves, aisle
church doorsaltar
Sacred ritual table
sanctuary · holy of holies · inner sanctum · chancel · tabernacle
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