antechapel

[ an-tee-chap-uhl ]

/ ˈæn tiˌtʃæp əl /

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a room or hall before the entrance to a chapel.

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First recorded in 1695–1705; ante- + chapel

Antechapel, an′te-cha-pl, n. the outer part of the west end of a college chapel.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
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. Yonge
The aisles facing her antechapel are constantly filled with a crowd of kneeling votaries.
The Pictureque Antiquities of Spain;|Nathaniel Armstrong Wells
The 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 Perkins

It 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