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Definition of chapel:
- A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.
- A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.
- A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.
- a room or recess in a church, containing an altar.
- a small building attached to a church
- a small church, often a private foundation, as for a memorial
- A subordinate place of worship
- An association of workmen in a printing office.
- In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse.
- 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.
- To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine.
Synonyms:
chapel service, oratory.
- religious building (part of speech: noun)
Usage examples:
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Fortunately, baby gave in about half- past nine, so that little Grace had him washed and dressed, and on his way to chapel in pretty good time, all things considered.
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50, 000 as compensation for the destruction of the church in White Town and of the chapel in Vepery.
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In this way they went on, trembling, horror- stricken, till at length they reached the chapel.