antechapel

[an-tee-chap-uhl]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of antechapel¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; ante- + chapel

Example Sentences

Antechapel, an′te-cha-pl, n. the outer part of the west end of a college chapel.

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The western bay forms the antechapel, from which we pass into the chapel itself through the original oak screen.

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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.

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In the antechapel is a four light window.

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It is to be regretted that there is not on view the contents of two boxes in the cloisters of Winchester School, where are stored the Wykeham panels taken from the west embrasures of New College antechapel to make room for Sir Joshua Reynolds’ “Virtues.”

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