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Aisles shown in beige. The black dots represent arcade pillars.
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The aisle is the part of a church on either side of the naveCentral part of a church, used by the laiety. or choir, divided from them by arcadesSeries of arches carried on piers, columns or pilasters. Also used to denote a covered avenue with shops on one or both sides., colonnades, or piers supporting the clerestoryUppermost range of windows in the wall of a church, or a row of windows above eye-level..[1]

The term is also commonly used to describe the central passage between seats or pews in the nave,[2] and more generally a subsidiary space alongside the body of a building.[3]

The word derives from the Anglo-Norman ele, eele or eile, meaning the wing of a church.[4] In common modern usage it can refer to a passageway between the seats in an auditorium, shelves in a supermarket, and so on.[4]

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