antechapel
[an-tee-chap-uh l]
- a room or hall before the entrance to a chapel.
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Origin of antechapel
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"I will see you stand together—you and your henchman," she said to Rozel, and moved on to the antechapel, the Court following.
Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords], CompleteGilbert Parker
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 ManchesterThomas Perkins
Antechapel, an′te-cha-pl, n. the outer part of the west end of a college chapel.
On the afternoon of the same Sunday she returned to the antechapel and witnessed a play of Plautus.
Milton's EnglandLucia Ames Mead
“I will see you stand together—you and your henchman,” she said to Rozel, and moved on to the antechapel, the court following.
A Ladder of SwordsGilbert Parker