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

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antechapel

It is contained in the antechapel, which adjoins the chapel proper on the west and opens into it.

From Stained Glass Tours in England by Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock

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

A statue of Sir Isaac Newton by Roubiliac stands in the antechapel, and Richard Porson and William Whewell are buried here.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various

All of this glass is quite similar to that which he installed in the antechapel of New College at Oxford.

From Stained Glass Tours in England by Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock

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