Ante-choir

Ante-choir

Ante-choir, the term given to the space enclosed in a
church between the outer gate or railing of the rood screen andthe door of the screen; sometimes there is only one rail, gate ordoor, but in Westminster Abbey it is equal in depth to one bayof the nave. The ante-choir is also called the "fore choir."

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