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

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Example Sentences

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antechapel

The authorities now came out of the antechapel door, and walked slowly across towards the Principal's house in a body.

From Tom Brown at Oxford by Thomas Hughes

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 Charles Hitchcock Sherrill

All this part of the church has been extensively restored, as has also been the retro-choir or antechapel, as it is sometimes called.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey by Rev. Thomas Perkins

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 Charles Hitchcock Sherrill

The one person he succeeded in interesting had a relative, already excavating in Egypt: but eventually addressed on the subject, this young man replied that the antechapel in question had fallen completely into ruin.

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

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