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The definition of an aisle is a passageway between different sections.
(noun)An example of an aisle is the location where a priest and the altar servers walk down at the beginning of a Catholic Mass.
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See aisle in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a part of a church alongside the nave, choir, or transept, set off by a row of columns or piers
- a passageway between sections of seats in rows
- a narrow passageway, as between rows of trees
Origin: ME ile < OFr aile, wing, section of a building (see aileron); E -s- through confusion with isle
Related Forms:
- aisled adjective
See aisle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A part of a church divided laterally from the nave by a row of pillars or columns.
- A passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane.
- A passageway for inside traffic, as in a department store, warehouse, or supermarket.
Origin:
Origin: Alteration (influenced by isle and French aile, wing)
Origin: of Middle English ele
Origin: , from Old French, wing of a building
Origin: , from Latin āla
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