Lady chapel

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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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Origin of Lady chapel

1400–50; late Middle English (oure) lady chapell

Words nearby Lady chapel

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How to use Lady chapel in a sentence

All went to the timber yard—every bit except some little pieces worked up in the Lady Chapel, and 'ere in this overmantel.
A Thin Ghost and Others|M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
It rests at the base of one of the outer pillars of the Lady Chapel, opposite the spot of Racine's final sepulture.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin
The vestry was formerly a Lady-chapel, possibly Saxon, with a thirteenth-century door and a curious mutilated altar.
The Cornwall Coast|Arthur L. Salmon
About the same time the great Lady-chapel at the east angle of the northern transept was added.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various

Such a position for a Lady-chapel—at the south side of the choir, and in an upper storey—is extremely unusual.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon|Cecil Walter Charles Hallett

British Dictionary definitions for Lady chapel

Lady Chapel

noun

a chapel within a church or cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary

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