chapel

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/ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/

noun 5verb 2adj 1name 1

Collocations

(noun.) part of a church; room/building used as a church

ADJ

little, small

side

The church has a quiet side chapel where visitors can pray in peace.

family, hospital, memorial, prison, private, royal, school, wedding

The hospital chapel provided a quiet place for patients' families to pray.

CHAPEL + VERB

be dedicated to sb

The small chapel was dedicated to the memory of soldiers who died in the war.

PREP

in a/the ~

(noun.) church for some Protestant groups

ADJ

Baptist, Methodist, Nonconformist, etc.

VERB + CHAPEL

attend, go to

My grandmother attended chapel regularly throughout her life.

PREP

at ~

The children were at chapel when the fire alarm went off.

at a/the ~

The bride's family waited at the chapel while the groom arrived late.

Definitions

noun

A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.

A place of worship in another building or within a civil institution such as a larger church, airport, prison, monastery, school, etc.; often primarily for private prayer.

One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”

A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant; for example, of Nonconformist or Dissenter congregations.

A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.

A trade union branch in printing or journalism.

adj

Describing a person who attends a nonconformist chapel.

The village butcher is chapel.

verb

To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) to turn or make a circuit so as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.

To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine.

give us the bones Of our dead kings, that we may chapel them!

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Example Bank

One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”

Wiktionary

The village butcher is chapel.

Wiktionary

give us the bones Of our dead kings, that we may chapel them!

Wiktionary

The Sistine Chapel is a vast chapel built inside the Vatican Palace in 1473.

Tatoeba · #329021

With heads respectfully bowed, they carried the coffin up the steps and into the small chapel.

Tatoeba · #877485

Tom was surprised to find Mary sitting all alone in the chapel.

Tatoeba · #1092341

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, chapel is marked as obsolete, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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