Definition of Lady chapel

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

Generic synonyms: Chapel
Group relationships: Church, Church Building

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lady Chapel

lady-birds
lady-bug
lady-bugs
lady-in-waiting
lady-killer
lady-killers
lady-killing
lady-of-the-night
lady-slipper
lady abbess
lady abbesses
lady beetle
lady beetles
lady boy
lady boys
lady chapel (current term)
lady crab
lady crabs
lady fern
lady friend
lady friends
lady gardens
lady killer
lady killers
lady of pleasure
lady of the house

Literary usage of Lady chapel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Antiquary (1873)
"The great Norman (central) tower, with its grand open lantern, and the choir, extend from the nave eastward to the vestibule of the lady chapel. ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1832)
"Proceedings at the Meeting on the subject of the Preservation and Restoration of the lady chapel, at the East end of St. Saviour's, ..."

3. The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury: With Some Account of the Priory Church of by Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé (1901)
"The lady chapel.—Nothing is left but the partly concealed mouldings of the ... Much uncertainty exists as to the size of the lady chapel, though traces of ..."

4. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1905)
"1230, and forms the present lady chapel (464). Finally, all these experiments were summed up in the beautifully symmetrical plan of SALISBURY (154.2); ..."

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