Definition of chapelry in English:
chapelry
nounPlural chapelries ˈtʃap(ə)lri
A district served by an Anglican chapel.
Example sentencesExamples
- By that date about a third of the chapelry was under arable, somewhat under two thirds under grassland and orchard.
- Both these chapelries appear to have had parochial boundaries and there is a record of the year 1340 suggesting this in the case of Towednack.
- Ashford is a small village and chapelry to Bakewell, about one mile away on the Buxton Road.
- The chapelry contained, in 1821, a population of 2,646, and in 1831, 2,678 inhabitants.
- Thomas Beswick, in 1807, gave £100, the interest to be distributed among the poor of this chapelry.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French chapelerie, medieval Latin cappellaria, from cappella, originally 'little cloak' (see chapel).