antechapel

American  

[an-tee-chap-uhl] / ˈæn tiˌtʃæp əl /

noun

1. a room or hall before the entrance to a chapel.

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Etymology

Origin of antechapel

First recorded in 1695–1705; ante- + chapel

Example Sentences

The original had existed, according to the dead Ferlini's notes, on the wall of an antechapel in one of the most ruinous pyramids at Mer�e, decorated in a peculiarly barbaric Ethiopian style.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

The antechapel of every college is sacredly reserved for memorials of the men of that college only; and Milton was of Christ's College.

From Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy by Airy, George Biddell

Four steps lead from the outer nave aisle on the north side into the antechapel that stands to the west end, outside the entrance to the Derby Chapel.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

He lies in the beautiful antechapel of the college: but no monument marks his grave.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

How much she would have had to hear and to tell about Johnson, as she walked over Pembroke, and about Reynolds, in the antechapel of New college.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Burney, Fanny