chapel

Plural: chapels

Noun

a place of worship that has its own altar
a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar
- "he was late for chapel"
A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
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.
A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant.
A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.
A trade union branch in printing or journalism.
A printing office.
A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.

Adj

Describing a person who attends a nonconformist chapel.

Verb

To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) to turn or make a circuit so 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.

Examples

"The village butcher is chapel."

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

chapel service

Scrabble Score: 13

chapel is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
chapel is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chapel is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

chapel is a valid Words With Friends word