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Lady chapel   /lˈeɪdi tʃˈæpəl/   Listen
Lady chapel

noun
1.
A small chapel in a church; dedicated to the Virgin Mary.





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"Lady chapel" Quotes from Famous Books



... Thus, from the combined effects of the ecclesiastical lancet lights and the apsidal shape of the room, it occurred to Christopher that the sisters were all a delightful set of pretty saints, exhibiting themselves in a lady chapel, and backed up by unkempt major prophets, as represented by the ...
— The Hand of Ethelberta • Thomas Hardy
... choir. The Protomartyr also stands, with his deacon's robe and palm, in a niche near the door of the sacristy, where left and right are frescoes of his Disputation with the Doctors, and his Martyrdom. The chapel immediately behind the high altar is, as usual, the Lady Chapel. The next contains a good modern window of the ...
— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 • Various


Words linked to "Lady chapel" :   church, chapel, church building


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