chapel
chapel Lexical Profile
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• noun
A small building or room used for Christian worship, especially one attached to an institution such as a school, hospital, prison, or private estate.
"The couple decided to hold a quiet, intimate wedding ceremony in the university chapel."
A distinct, secluded section or alcove within a larger church or cathedral containing its own altar and dedicated to a particular saint or purpose.
"Visitors admired the thirteenth-century stained glass windows in the cathedral's side chapel."
A religious service or assembly held in a school, college, or institutional chapel.
"Morning chapel was mandatory for all boarding students during thenineteenth century."
British A place of worship for Protestant Nonconformist or Free Church congregations.
"The Welsh mining village was centered around its historic Methodist chapel."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French chapele, from Medieval Latin cappella ('little cloak'), a diminutive of cappa ('cloak'). The word originally referred to the shrine in Tours, France, that housed the sacred cloak of Saint Martin, before broadening to mean any small sanctuary or place of worship.