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[ an-tee-chap-uhl ] / ˈæn tiˌtʃæp əl /
nouna room or hall before the entrance to a chapel. Origin of antechapelFirst recorded in 1695–1705; ante- + chapel Words nearby antechapelantecedency, antecedent, antecedents, antecessor, antechamber, antechapel, antechoir, ante-Christum, antecourt, antecubital, antedate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for antechapelThe 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 All of this glass is quite similar to that which he installed in the antechapel of New College at Oxford. Stained Glass Tours in England|Charles Hitchcock Sherrill On the afternoon of the same Sunday she returned to the antechapel and witnessed a play of Plautus. Milton's England|Lucia Ames Mead The aisles facing her antechapel are constantly filled with a crowd of kneeling votaries. The Pictureque Antiquities of Spain;|Nathaniel Armstrong Wells
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