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An aisle in Bath Abbey, Bath, England. The aisle is lined with wooden seating (pews), the nave seating can be seen on the right. The roof of the aisle is fan-vaulted.

An aisle of Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England.

An Aisle (pronounced with a silent 'a') is a type of long narrow passageway passing between two storage structures or blocks of seating.

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In a church an aisle is a row down the middle of the church with a set of pews on each side. In a cathedral-type church building, an aisle is a passageway usually on both sides of the nave and separated from the nave by a row of pillars or columns. Dependent on its position and the dimension of the church/cathedral, an aisle can vary in width from around 0.6 meter (2 feet) up to and beyond 3 meters (9.8 feet).

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• Cathedral architecture
• Cathedral diagram