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A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbeychurch, where the monks collected on returning from processions,where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women wereallowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divineservice. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Elyand Durham cathedrals. Gwilt.
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