chapel

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Synonyms: chavel, chape, capel, chaped, chappel, chapell, chanel, chapes, chapei, chapek

Antonyms: chavel, chape, capel, chaped, chappel, chapell, chanel, chapes, chapei, chapek

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|especially|_|Christianity}} A place of [[worship]], smaller than or [[subordinate]] to a [[church]].
2. 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.
3. {{lb|en|UK}} A place of worship of a [[denomination]] [[nonconformist|not in conformity]] with the [[Church of England]], usually [[Protestant#English:_Q110714168|Protestant]]; for example, of [[Nonconformist]] or [[Dissenter]] congregations.
4. A [[funeral]] [[home]], or a [[room]] in one for holding funeral [[service]]s.
5. {{lb|en|UK}} A [[trade union]] [[branch]] in [[printing]] or [[journalism]].
6. A printing office.
7. A [[choir]] of [[singer]]s, or an [[orchestra]], attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|Wales}} Describing a person who attends a [[nonconformist]] chapel.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|nautical|transitive}} 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.
2. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To [[deposit]] or [[inter]] in a chapel; to [[enshrine]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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