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noun
1.
a private or subordinate place of prayer or worship; oratory.
2.
a separately dedicated part of a church, or a small independent churchlike edifice, devoted to special services.
3.
a room or building for worship in an institution, palace, etc.
4.
(in Great Britain) a place of worship for members of various dissenting Protestant churches, as Baptists or Methodists.
5.
EXPANDa separate place of public worship dependent on the church of a parish.
6.
a religious service in a chapel: Don't be late for chapel!
7.
a funeral home or the room in which funeral services are held.
8.
a choir or orchestra of a chapel, court, etc.
9.
a print shop or printing house.
10.
COLLAPSEan association of employees in a print shop for dealing with their interests, problems, etc.
verb (used with object)
11.
Nautical. to maneuver (a sailing vessel taken aback) by the helm alone until the wind can be recovered on the original tack.
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adjective
12.
(in England) belonging to any of various dissenting Protestant sects.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English chapele < Old French < 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
1175–1225; Middle English chapele < Old French < 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
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chapel
early 13c., from O.Fr. chapele, from M.L. cappella "chapel, sanctuary for relics," lit. "little cape," dim. of L.L. cappa "cape" (see cap); originally the sanctuary in France in which the cape of St. Martin of Tours was preserved; meaning extended in most European languages to "any sanctuary."
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