Chapel word meaning and definition

[noun] a service conducted in a chapel; "he was late for chapel"
[noun] a place of worship that has its own altar

\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.
\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.

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