1. vestibule - Noun
2. vestibule - Verb
The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe most heaven-like spots I have ever visited, have been certain rooms in which Christ's disciples were awaiting the summons of death. So far from being a "house of mourning," I have often found such a house to be a vestibule of glory. Theodore L. Cuyler
Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. Charles Caleb Colton
[O]f the future form of religion little can be predicted. Its main concern may possibly be to purify, elevate, and brighten the life that now is, instead of treating it as the more or less dismal vestibule of a life that is to come. John Tyndall
Consider and act with reference to the true ends of existence. This world is but the vestibule of an immortal life. Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. Edwin Hubbell Chapin
According to chronicler Leo of Ostia the Greek artists decorated the apse, the arch and the vestibule of the basilica. Source: Internet
A door within the vestibule dates from around 1050 and is believed to be the oldest in England. Source: Internet