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chapel

cha·pel

UK/ˈt͡ʃɛp.əl/ US/ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/ fairly common uk

noun

1.

a place of worship that has its own altar

2.

a service conducted in a chapel

  • “he was late for chapel”
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Origin

From Middle English chapele, chapel, from Old French chapele, from Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Doublet of capelle. Displaced native Old English bēdhūs. (printing office): Said to be because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.

Phrases

  • absidal chapel
  • apse chapel
  • apsidal chapel
  • Chapel Allerton
  • Chapel Brampton
  • chapel cart
  • Chapel Chorlton
  • chapel de fer

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