antechoir

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antechoir - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Antechoir \An"te*choir`\, n. (Arch.)
     (a) A space inclosed or reserved at the entrance to the
         choir, for the clergy and choristers.
     (b) Where a choir is divided, as in some Spanish churches,
         that division of it which is the farther from the
         sanctuary.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]