gospel side

noun

1. (in some Protestant churches) the left side of a church, facing the altar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gospel side¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The first on the gospel-side was Pcuchet; but, too much moved, no doubt, he kept swaying his head right and left.

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The organ is on the north side in the bay east of the gallery, and is reached through the ambon on the Gospel side.

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Here, in his seventy-first year, he died and was buried on the gospel side of the altar.

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That on the Gospel side (east), the Tower of Temperance, was not finished till 1842.

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On the opposite, or Gospel side, is an arched recess having an ornamental moulding around it.

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