chapelnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtʃæp.əl/us/ˈtʃæp.əl/C2 a room that is part of a larger building and is used for Christian worship:
The college/hospital/prison has its own chapel.
the Chapel of St Paul
C2 mainly UK a building used for Christian worship by Christians who do not belong to the Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church
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- The chapel became a sanctuary for the refugees.
- They meet in an old house, whose basement has been converted into a chapel.
- We always went to chapel on Sundays.
- They built a small chapel from the local rock.
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Religious buildings & places
- abbey
- ashram
- caliphate
- cathedral
- church
- gurdwara
- hermitage
- house of God
- kirk
- kiva
- mosque
- nunnery
- pagoda
- parsonage
- place of worship
- synagogue
- tabernacle
- United Church of Canada
- vicarage
- wat
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