早期的巴西利卡式教堂的入口廳堂，及晚期教堂內西側末端的通廊。英法地區的羅馬及哥德式教堂西側末端，如教堂前廳一般作為小禮拜堂用的空間，則稱為「教堂門廊」。

教堂前廳(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,,)
前廊(基督教建築空間)　(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
chiao t'ang ch'ien t'ing (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
jiào táng qián tīng (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
jiao tang qian ting (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
narthexes(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,PN)
narthex(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
narthex(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,AD,U,U)
narthexen(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,D,U,U)
nártex(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,B)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....物件層面
........組件 (層級名)
............成分
................<依特定背景區分之組件>
....................<建築劃分>
........................<房間與空間>
............................<依建築種類區分之房間與空間>
................................<宗教建築空間>
....................................<基督教建築空間>
........................................教堂前廳

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....物件層面
........組件 (層級名)
............成分
................<依特定背景區分之組件>
....................<建築劃分>
........................<房間與空間>
............................<依功能區分之房間與空間>
................................<入口空間>
....................................教堂前廳

distinguished from....

教堂門廊

英文....	Entrance porches in early basilican churches, and for interior vestibules across the western end of later churches. For narthexlike spaces at the west end of some English and French Romanesque and Gothic churches, often used as chapels, prefer "galilees."
荷蘭語....	Westportalen van vroeg-christelijke basilica's, en westelijke ingangsportalen van latere kerken. Gebruik 'galilea's' voor voorkerken aan de westkant van sommige grote kloosterkerken uit de 10e tot 12e eeuw.

教堂前廳............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	世界建築經典圖鑑 335
前廊(基督教建築空間)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	建築學英漢辭典 494
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 November 7, 2012
.................	劍橋藝術史－中世紀 129
.................	大英視覺藝術百科全書 Vol. 9,pp. 185
narthexes............	[VP]
.................	Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (1975)
.................	Jacoby and Talgam, Jerusalem Index of Jewish Art (1988) illustration, 20
.................	Lever and Harris, Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture, 2d ed. (1993)
.................	RCHME, Revised Thesaurus of Architectural Terms (1989)
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
.................	Sturgis, Dictionary of Architecture and Building (1902)
.................	Canadian Thesaurus of Construction Science and Technology (1978)
.................	Avery Index (1963-)
.................	BHA Subject Headings (1985-)
.................	Curl, Encyclopedia of Architectural Terms (1993)
narthex............	[VP]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
narthexen............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
nártex............	[VP]
.................	Ching, Diccionario Visual de Arquitectura (1997) 173
.................	Alvarez et al., Diccionario de la decoración (1968) 434
.................	Toman, El Barroco. Arquitectura, escultura, pintura (1997) 485
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	Haslinghuis, Woordenboek bouwkundige termen (1986)

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聯合目錄： 教堂前廳 、前廊 、chiao t'ang ch'ien t'ing 、jiào táng qián tīng 、jiao tang qian ting 、narthexes 、narthex 、narthex 、narthexen 、nártex