antecourtn.

Brit.

/ˈantᵻkɔːt/, U.S.

/ˈæn(t)əˌkɔrt/

Forms: 1600s–1700s anticourt, 1600s– antecourt.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ante- prefix, court n.¹

Etymology: < ante- prefix + court n.¹

An outer courtyard; a courtyard forming an entrance.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > courtyard > [noun] > fore-court

vestiary1382

fore-yard1420

forecourt1535

vestibule1623

foregartha1642

antecourt1659

vestibulum1662

frontstead1688

frontcourt1749

paepae1919

1659 J. Howell Brit. Prov. 17/2 in Παροιμιογραϕια Each Court hath its Anti-court.

1684 T. Tryon Country-man's Compan. v. 162 The whole expanded Ante-Court of Heaven.

1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 201 One Day spent in these Ante-Courts of Heaven is better than a Thousand.

1703 W. Freke Lingua Tersancta xx. 131 Physick garden Anticourt in Oxon.

1724 T. Parkyns Queries & Reasons why County-hall should be built in County of Nottingham (ed. 3) 12 Our County-Hall, Jury-Rooms, Goal under, &c...with an Anticourt, and Iron Pallisadoes.

1860 in J. H. A. Bomberger Protestant Theol. & Eccl. Encycl. I. 242 The Christian basilica sometimes needed a larger ante-court for the numerous penitents.

1922 Musical Q. 8 444 The hall of the Italian Opera seemed to be the antecourt of heaven.

1998 L. Dennett Sense Security x. 150 Behind the monumental Holborn facade, and reached by a central, vaulted archway opening onto a small antecourt, lay the large interior courtyard.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	antecourt
释义	antecourtn. Brit. /ˈantᵻkɔːt/, U.S. /ˈæn(t)əˌkɔrt/ Forms: 1600s–1700s anticourt, 1600s– antecourt. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ante- prefix, court n.¹ Etymology: < ante- prefix + court n.¹ An outer courtyard; a courtyard forming an entrance. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > courtyard > [noun] > fore-court vestiary1382 fore-yard1420 forecourt1535 vestibule1623 foregartha1642 antecourt1659 vestibulum1662 frontstead1688 frontcourt1749 paepae1919 1659 J. Howell Brit. Prov. 17/2 in Παροιμιογραϕια Each Court hath its Anti-court. 1684 T. Tryon Country-man's Compan. v. 162 The whole expanded Ante-Court of Heaven. 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 201 One Day spent in these Ante-Courts of Heaven is better than a Thousand. 1703 W. Freke Lingua Tersancta xx. 131 Physick garden Anticourt in Oxon. 1724 T. Parkyns Queries & Reasons why County-hall should be built in County of Nottingham (ed. 3) 12 Our County-Hall, Jury-Rooms, Goal under, &c...with an Anticourt, and Iron Pallisadoes. 1860 in J. H. A. Bomberger Protestant Theol. & Eccl. Encycl. I. 242 The Christian basilica sometimes needed a larger ante-court for the numerous penitents. 1922 Musical Q. 8 444 The hall of the Italian Opera seemed to be the antecourt of heaven. 1998 L. Dennett Sense Security x. 150 Behind the monumental Holborn facade, and reached by a central, vaulted archway opening onto a small antecourt, lay the large interior courtyard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1659
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