antechapel

Antechapel, an′te-cha-pl, n. the outer part of the west end of a college chapel.

We could see in, as we paused in the darkness of the antechapel, outside the screen, while the Coadjutor advanced the door.

The aisles facing her antechapel are constantly filled with a crowd of kneeling votaries.

The western bay forms the antechapel, from which we pass into the chapel itself through the original oak screen.

It is contained in the antechapel, which adjoins the chapel proper on the west and opens into it.