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antechapel

/an-tee-chap-uhl/US // ˈæn tiˌtʃæp əl //

羚羊馆,羚羊座,羚羊角馆,羚羊角

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a room or hall before the entrance to a chapel.

Examples

  • 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.