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aisleless

  • a word derived from aisle.
    aisle
    noun
    a walkway between or along blocks or rows of seats in a theater, classroom, airplane, etc..

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It is not large, has an aisleless nave of four bays, a large porch with three wide pointed arches at the west, and a sort of domed chancel.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

In many instances, we have aisleless country churches rebuilt in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, with western towers.

From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by Thompson, A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)

The original plan must have been very like that of Braga, an aisleless transept, a nave and aisles of six bays, and two square towers beyond with a porch between.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

On the other hand, aisleless cruciform plans with central towers are by no means common after the twelfth century.

From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by Thompson, A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)

The high altar is quite isolated, and the pavement of the choir itself, which is aisleless, rises behind it to a height of a dozen or more steps,—a frequent occurrence in the Rhine churches.

From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)