narthex /närˈtheks/

1. A western portico or vestibule in an early Christian or Oriental church or basilica, to which women and catechumens were admitted
2. A vestibule between the church porch and the nave
3. (with cap) a former genus of umbelliferous plants, now included in the genus Ferula

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