chapel

CEFRB2

/ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small building used for Christian worship.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • Note the fine early Baroque altar inside the chapel.

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

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈt͡ʃæp.əɫ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

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

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

More examples

In context

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

  • The village butcher is chapel.

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

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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