Lady chapel

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

Origin of Lady chapel

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

Now nothing remains of the former twelfth and thirteenth century work but the lady-chapel of the choir.

The Cathedrals of Northern France |Francis Miltoun
There was subsequently, however, for a long period, a passage between the Retro-choir and the Lady-chapel.

Hertfordshire |Herbert W Tompkins
The decorations depict scenes from the life of the Virgin and are also reproduced in part in the glass of the lady-chapel.

The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine |Francis Miltoun
The lady-chapel was added about eighty years after the early part of the nave had been built, and has since been much altered.

Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) |Hubert C. Corlette

The bishop's executors paid 20 "for making a certain window in the lady-chapel near the high altar in the preceding year."

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely |W. D. Sweeting

Lady Chapel

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