Lady chapel
noun
a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, attached to a church, and generally behind the high altar at the extremity of the apse.
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Lady Chapelnouna chapel within a church or cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary
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Etymology
Origin of Lady chapel
1400–50; late Middle English ( oure ) lady chapell
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He was buried in the Lady chapel at Loretto.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
The Lady chapel itself is finely illuminated by five large windows of five lancets each containing figure and canopy work.
From Stained Glass Tours in England by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill
Amidst the drowsiness fostered by the heat, he thought of how richly that evening he might decorate the Lady chapel for the devotions of the month of Mary.
From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola
The choir, locally known as the High Church, serves as one of the city churches, and the extreme east end of it forms the Lady chapel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
When the priest reached the Lady chapel he sat down, still trembling a little, and threw all his attention into his ears, determined to hear the first movement that the kneeling figure made behind him.
From None Other Gods by Robert Hugh Benson
This traditional speech, filmed in the Lady Chapel of the medieval church in central London, follows his "good news" earlier this month about responding well to cancer treatment.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
As the service comes to a close, all will remain standing as The Last Post will be sounded by the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry from the steps of the Lady Chapel.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2022
The windows are being installed in the beautiful 16th-century Lady Chapel.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 2, 2013
Stained glass artist Helen Whittaker puts finishing touches to one of the new windows in the Lady Chapel.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 2, 2013
His bones were removed into the Lady Chapel when it was finished during the rule of the next bishop, and a sumptuous monument placed over them.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by A. B. Clifton
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