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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chap•el /ˈtʃæpəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religion, Architecturea separate part of a church, or a small structure like a church, used for special religious services.
- Religion, Architecturea room or building for worship that is in or is part of another institution, such as a hospital:We waited in the hospital chapel.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chap•el (chap′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling, adj. n. - Religiona private or subordinate place of prayer or worship;
oratory. - Religion, Architecturea separately dedicated part of a church, or a small independent churchlike edifice, devoted to special services.
- Religion, Architecturea room or building for worship in an institution, palace, etc.
- Religion(in Great Britain) a place of worship for members of various dissenting Protestant churches, as Baptists or Methodists.
- Religiona separate place of public worship dependent on the church of a parish.
- Religiona religious service in a chapel:Don't be late for chapel!
- Religiona funeral home or the room in which funeral services are held.
- Music and Dancea choir or orchestra of a chapel, court, etc.
- a print shop or printing house.
- an association of employees in a print shop for dealing with their interests, problems, etc.
v.t. - Nautical, Naval Termsto maneuver (a sailing vessel taken aback) by the helm alone until the wind can be recovered on the original tack.
adj. - Religion(in England) belonging to any of various dissenting Protestant sects.
- Late Latin cappella hooded cloak, equivalent. to capp(a) (see cap1) + -ella diminutive suffix; first applied to the sanctuary where the cloak of St. Martin (4th-century bishop of Tours) was kept as a relic
- Old French
- Middle English chapele 1175–1225
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: chapel /ˈtʃæpəl/ n - a place of Christian worship in a larger building, esp a place set apart, with a separate altar, in a church or cathedral
- a similar place of worship in or attached to a large house or institution, such as a college, hospital or prison
- a church subordinate to a parish church
- (in Britain) a Nonconformist place of worship
- Nonconformist religious practices or doctrine
- the members of a trade union in a particular newspaper office, printing house, etc
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French chapele, from Late Latin cappella, diminutive of cappa cloak (see cap); originally denoting the sanctuary where the cloak of St Martin of Tours was kept as a relic |