chapelchap‧el /ˈtʃæpəl/ ●●○ noun 
Bethan goes to chapel every Sunday.4[countable] British English the members of a union in the newspaper or printing industry
WORD ORIGINchapel
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French chapele, from Medieval Latin cappella, from Late Latin cappa ‘cloak’ ( ➔ CAP1); because the cloak of St. Martin of Tours was kept in such a buildingEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a wedding chapel
- He was also a member of the royal chapel choir, where he was classified as a taille or tenor.
- In a way the forest was like a chapel.
- In Portadown in the late nineteenth century there were two Primitive chapels.
- The chapel was started by Gian Giacomo Trivulzio to house his family mausoleum.
- The glory of the chapel, however, rests in the contents of the display cases.
- The layout is a solid one with thick, cellular walls and tall buttresses with chapels between.
- Unfortunately it is not possible to enter the chapel.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Bethan goes to chapel every Sunday.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1[countable] a small church, or a room in a hospital, prison, big church etc in which Christians pray and have religious services2[countable] a building where Christians who are Nonconformists have religious services3[uncountable] British English the religious services held in a chapel: Bethan goes to chapel every Sunday.· A section of the crowd turned events when it attacked the private Catholic chapels of several embassies.· A Roman Catholic chapel adjoins the house, and the village has a Methodist chapel.
· I assumed that this must have found a place in the adjoining room which eventually became the little chapel.· We got married in 1993 in a little chapel in Florida-it was very romantic.· No one wanted to touch the little chapel.
· The Methodist chapel is also in a vulnerable spot, standing as it does at the crossroads.· Another place of worship is the Methodist chapel situated on East Street.· Opposite this wall is the Methodist chapel.· The Methodist chapel was built in 1856, replacing an earlier building which was then used as a day school.· The Methodist chapel proving insufficient to hold them, the large schoolroom was opened.· The Methodist chapel was built in 1892 at a cost of £800.· A Roman Catholic chapel adjoins the house, and the village has a Methodist chapel.· On one occasion she held a mission at the Methodist chapel in Baldersdale which went on every night for two weeks.
· This was the only Nonconformist chapel Butterfield ever designed and in 1976 it became a parish church.· Secondly, about half of those who did attend for worship chose to go to a Nonconformist chapel.· Slowly the other features of the industrial towns were added: Anglican churches, Nonconformist chapels, schools and public houses.
· The old chapel was demolished in 1907 to make way fro the Centenary Memorial Hall.· Aunt Mary gasped as we passed the old college chapel.· Most moving were the forlorn-looking ruins of an old chapel and crofts.· There are events throughout this year the old chapel was established in 1819.
· Instead she joined her immediate family for a service at the private chapel on the Althorp estate.· The fine carpets, the warmth, the private chapel.· A section of the crowd turned events when it attacked the private Catholic chapels of several embassies.· It was in the Elector's private chapel here that Beethoven, a native of Bonn, gave his first public performance.· Certainly the house hardly looked large enough to support a private chapel.
· He was also a member of the royal chapel choir, where he was classified as a taille or tenor.· The Lusignans called it their own royal chapel.· Catherine heard that Henry was praying in the royal chapel so ran screaming down the corridor.· But the idea of founding fixed royal chapels in strategic places which could provide incomes for royal chaplains was already formed.· But as they processed into the Quire of the royal chapel in June 1988 the ancient families were in a minority.
· In 1877 she opened a small chapel in her house in Cottenham Park.· They had just prayed for an hour in a small chapel.· Today, there is a small octagonal chapel in the Beirut coastal suburb of Antelyas dedicated to the 1915 massacres.· A small chapel was started in 1730 and the parish library, including the books, was moved to the current location.· She said: Our Blessed Lady asked me to ask you to have a small chapel built here in her honour.· Did you know that Hoggatt's has got a small Wren chapel in the Lab grounds?· With the passage of time attitudes changed and support grew, mainly from Baptists, non-Wesleyan Methodists and smaller Congregational chapels.
· The barn was stark and without adornment, save for a single crucifix in the tiny chapel.· The tiny chapel in the centre of the gardens is by K. I. Dientzenhofer.· He lay on the marble slab in the centre of the tiny oblong chapel like a king lying in state.· It was almost dark outside now, and the tiny chapel was full of shadows.· Suddenly, getting to the tiny chapel before the eclipse reached totality was the most important thing in the world.
· The Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Chapmangate was built in 1864 on the site of its predecessor of 1813.· Other features of Main Street include the village school, the Wesleyan chapel and the shipyard.· The Wesleyan chapel built in 1805 and restored in 1912 is still in use today.· It was one of those memorial halls or Methodist Congregationals, or Wesleyan chapels or whatever they were.· Along the road, and opposite the junction to Whynham lane was the Wesleyan chapel.
NOUN· Inside, the church is the shape of the Latin cross, with a plethora of side chapels.· The ceremony was in the side chapel of a college church; the reception in a small, carnation-wreathed social hall.· She had been shewn into a side chapel set apart for visitors.· I genuflected before the winking sanctuary lamp and concealed myself in one of the side chapels.· Inside there are three aisles and twelve side chapels.· To her left was a corner, the interior flanking out in that direction possibly to form a side chapel.
VERB· Edward's parents sent their condolences, attended the ceremony at chapel and graveside, and Mrs Thomas visited the widow.· I attended morning chapel, and neither the seating nor the service had altered.· This was demolished in the mid 1980s, the congregation attending the chapel at Haisthorpe.· In this case the money came from a single, wealthy shipowner who attended his chapel.
· Bray's grandfather had been one of his converts and had helped to build the Twelveheads chapel.· If you want to build a chapel of remembrance, don't site it in a Woolwich shopping precinct.· It is believed that it was built as a chantry chapel in memory of Robert de Tattershall who died in 1121.· There he built his palace and chapel, part of which survives in the present cathedral.· He later built a chapel for him at Lee on the edge of the Broadlands estate.· It was built as chapel to the nearby Doge's Palace and was made into the Cathedral of Venice in 1481.
· After leaving the chapel, they went walking in the gardens.· Never did she show any disposition to leave my chapel, where her repose was respected.
Bethan goes to chapel every Sunday.4[countable] British English the members of a union in the newspaper or printing industry