chapel
Pronunciation:
/ˈtʃæ.pəl//ˈtʃæ.pəl/noun
Definitions
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 funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.
A trade union branch in printing or journalism.
verb
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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.
adjective
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Describing a person who attends a nonconformist chapel.
Example: The village butcher is chapel.