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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHAPEL, n.
1. A house for public worship; primarily, a private oratory, or house of worship belonging to a private person. In Great Britain there are several sorts of chapels; as parochial chapels, distinct from the mother church; chapels which adjoin to and are a part of the church; such were formerly built by honorable persons for burying places; chapels of ease, built in large parishes for the accommodation of the inhabitants; free chapels, which were founded by the kings of England; chapels in the universities, belonging to particular colleges; domestic chapels, built by noblemen or gentlemen for the use of their families.
2. A printers workhouse; said to be so called because printing was first carried on in a chapel.
CHAPEL, v.t. To deposit in a chapel.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a place of worship that has its own altar
2: a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar; "he was late for chapel" [syn: chapel service, chapel]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French chapele, from Medieval Latin cappella, from diminutive of Late Latin cappa cloak; from the cloak of Saint Martin of Tours preserved as a sacred relic in a chapel built for that purpose Date: 13th century 1. a subordinate or private place of worship: as a. a place of worship serving a residence or institution b. a small house of worship usually associated with a main church c. a room or recess in a church for meditation and prayer or small religious services 2. a place of worship used by a Christian group other than an established church <a nonconformist chapel> 3. a choir of singers belonging to a chapel 4. a chapel service or assembly at a school or college 5. an association of the employees in a printing office 6. a. funeral home b. a room for funeral services in a funeral home

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a a place for private Christian worship in a large church or esp. a cathedral, with its own altar and dedication (Lady chapel). b a place of Christian worship attached to a private house or institution. 2 Brit. a a place of worship for nonconformist bodies. b (predic.) an attender at or believer in nonconformist worship (they are strictly chapel). c a chapel service. d attendance at a chapel. 3 an Anglican church subordinate to a parish church. 4 Printing a the members or branch of a printers' trade union at a specific place of work. b a meeting of them. Phrases and idioms: chapel of ease an Anglican chapel for the convenience of remote parishioners. chapel of rest an undertaker's mortuary. chapel royal a chapel in a royal palace. father of chapel (or the chapel) the shop steward of a printers' chapel. Etymology: ME f. OF chapele f. med.L cappella dimin. of cappa cloak: the first chapel was a sanctuary in which St Martin's sacred cloak (cappella) was preserved

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chapel Chap"el, v. t. 1. To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 2. (Naut.) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chapel Chap"el, n. [OF. chapele, F. chapelle, fr. LL. capella, orig., a short cloak, hood, or cowl; later, a reliquary, sacred vessel, chapel; dim. of cappa, capa, cloak, cape, cope; also, a covering for the head. The chapel where St. Martin's cloak was preserved as a precious relic, itself came to be called capella, whence the name was applied to similar paces of worship, and the guardian of this cloak was called capellanus, or chaplain. See Cap, and cf. Chaplain., Chaplet.] 1. A subordinate place of worship; as, (a) a small church, often a private foundation, as for a memorial; (b) a small building attached to a church; (c) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar. Note: In Catholic churches, and also in cathedrals and abbey churches, chapels are usually annexed in the recesses on the sides of the aisles. --Gwilt. 2. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison. 3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse. 4. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman. 5. (Print.) (a) A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of workmen in a printing office. Chapel of ease. (a) A chapel or dependent church built for the ease or a accommodation of an increasing parish, or for parishioners who live at a distance from the principal church. (b) A privy. (Law) Chapel master, a director of music in a chapel; the director of a court or orchestra. To build a chapel (Naut.), to chapel a ship. See Chapel, v. t., 2. To hold a chapel, to have a meeting of the men employed in a printing office, for the purpose of considering questions affecting their interests.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(chapels) 1. A chapel is a part of a church which has its own altar and which is used for private prayer. ...the chapel of the Virgin Mary. N-COUNT: oft the N of n 2. A chapel is a small church attached to a hospital, school, or prison. We married in the chapel of Charing Cross Hospital in London. N-COUNT 3. A chapel is a building used for worship by members of some Christian churches. Chapel refers to the religious services that take place there. ...a Methodist chapel... On Sundays, the family went three times to chapel. N-VAR

Easton's Bible Dictionary

a holy place or sanctuary, occurs only in Amos 7:13, where one of the idol priests calls Bethel "the king's chapel."

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

chap'-el (miqdash, "a holy place"; the Revised Version (British and American) SANCTUARY, which see): "It is the king's chapel" (Am 7:13 the King James Version), an expression indicative of the dependence of this sanctuary on the court.

Moby Thesaurus

Lady chapel, amphitheater, arena, assembly hall, auditorium, chantry, chapel of ease, chapel royal, concert hall, convention hall, dance hall, exhibition hall, gallery, hall, lecture hall, meetinghouse, music hall, opera house, oratorium, oratory, sacellum, sacrament chapel, sacrarium, school chapel, side chapel, stadium, theater