Lady chapel

noun

1. a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, attached to a church, and generally behind the high altar at the extremity of the apse.

Lady Chapel

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lady chapel¹

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

Example Sentences

All went to the timber yard—every bit except some little pieces worked up in the Lady Chapel, and 'ere in this overmantel.

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It rests at the base of one of the outer pillars of the Lady Chapel, opposite the spot of Racine's final sepulture.

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The vestry was formerly a Lady-chapel, possibly Saxon, with a thirteenth-century door and a curious mutilated altar.

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About the same time the great Lady-chapel at the east angle of the northern transept was added.

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Such a position for a Lady-chapel—at the south side of the choir, and in an upper storey—is extremely unusual.

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