antechapel
[ an-tee-chap-uhl ]
noun
a room or hall before the entrance to a chapel.
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How to use antechapel in a sentence
antechapel, an′te-cha-pl, n. the outer part of the west end of a college chapel.
We could see in, as we paused in the darkness of the antechapel, outside the screen, while the Coadjutor advanced the door.
Stray Pearls | Charlotte M. YongeThe aisles facing her antechapel are constantly filled with a crowd of kneeling votaries.
The Pictureque Antiquities of Spain; | Nathaniel Armstrong WellsThe western bay forms the antechapel, from which we pass into the chapel itself through the original oak screen.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester | Thomas PerkinsIt is contained in the antechapel, which adjoins the chapel proper on the west and opens into it.
Stained Glass Tours in England | Charles Hitchcock Sherrill
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