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" I grew up on the South Island of New Zealand, in a city chosen and beloved by my parents for its proximity to the mountains - Christchurch is two hours distant from the worn saddle of Arthur's Pass, the mountain village that was and is my father's spiritual touchstone, his chapel and cathedral in the wild."
Eleanor Catton

Meaning of "chapel" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHAPEL

From Old French chapele, from Late Latin cappella, diminutive of cappa cloak (see cap); originally denoting the sanctuary where the cloak of St Martin of Tours was kept as a relic.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CHAPEL

ˈtʃæpəl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHAPEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chapel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHAPEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chapel

A chapel is a religious place of fellowship, prayer and worship that is attached to a larger, often nonreligious institution or that is considered an extension of a primary religious institution. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a college, hospital, palace, prison, funeral home, church, synagogue or mosque, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building, sometimes with its own grounds. Many military installations have chapels for the use of military personnel, normally under the leadership of a military chaplain. Until the Protestant Reformation, a chapel denoted a place of worship that was either at a secondary location that was not the main responsibility of the local parish priest, or that belonged to a person or institution. Most larger churches had one or more secondary altars, which if they occupied a distinct space, would often be called a chapel. Although chapels frequently refer to Christian places of worship, they are also commonly found in Jewish synagogues and do not necessarily connote a specific denomination.

Definition of chapel in the English dictionary

The first definition of chapel in the dictionary is a place of Christian worship in a larger building, esp a place set apart, with a separate altar, in a church or cathedral. Other definition of chapel is a similar place of worship in or attached to a large house or institution, such as a college, hospital or prison. Chapel is also a church subordinate to a parish church.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHAPEL

antechapel · apple · bakeapple · Chappell · dapple · gall-apple · grapple · pineapple · sapple · scapple · scrapple · thrapple · Whitechapel

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHAPEL

chaparejos · chaparral · chaparral cock · chaparral pea · chapati · chapatti · chapbook · chape · chapeau · chapeaux · chapel of ease · chapel of rest · chapeless · chapelries · chapelry · chaperon · chaperonage · chaperone · chapess · chapfallen

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHAPEL

appel · compel · Coypel · cupel · dispel · estoppel · expel · father of the chapel · gospel · graupel · impel · Lady Chapel · lapel · mother of the chapel · propel · prosperity gospel · rappel · repel · scalpel · Sistine Chapel

Synonyms and antonyms of chapel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chapel» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CHAPEL

Find out the translation of chapel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of chapel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chapel» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

小礼拜堂
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

capilla
570 millions of speakers
en

English

chapel
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

चैपल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كَنِيسَةٌ صَغِيرَة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

часовня
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

capela
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

খ্রীষ্টীয় ভজনালয়
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

chapelle
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Gereja
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Kapelle
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

礼拝堂
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

예배당
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kapel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà nguyện
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தேவாலயத்தில்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

चॅपल
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

tapınak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

cappella
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

kaplica
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

каплиця
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

capelă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρεκκλήσι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kapel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kapell
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kapell
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chapel

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHAPEL»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of chapel
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «chapel».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chapel

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10 QUOTES WITH «CHAPEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word chapel.
1
Paul Bettany
But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think about the man hours in the smallest little chapel, and the love involved. God it's fantastic.
2
Harold Brodkey
Memory, so complete and clear or so evasive, has to be ended, has to be put aside, as if one were leaving a chapel and bringing the prayer to an end in one's head.
3
Eleanor Catton
I grew up on the South Island of New Zealand, in a city chosen and beloved by my parents for its proximity to the mountains - Christchurch is two hours distant from the worn saddle of Arthur's Pass, the mountain village that was and is my father's spiritual touchstone, his chapel and cathedral in the wild.
4
Laura Esquivel
I grew up in a modern home, but my grandmother lived across the street in an old house that was built when churches were illegal in Mexico. She had a chapel in the home, right between the kitchen and dining room.
5
Howard Finster
When I'm building my dome in my chapel, and I had a vision - I've worked on perpetual motion and I haven't never give it up yet. I still think it could be done, perpetual motion. I had a vision of a un resist able windmill.
6
John Hawley
Since I wrote to you last we have got our chapel beautifully lighted with gas and have had our anniversary.
7
Scott Howell
We can have open and good discussion with our Republican brothers and sisters. But when we walk into the chapel we should leave our political differences out in the parking lot.
8
Martin Luther
For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.
9
Ernest Mandel
There are no conditions in which we subordinate the interests of the class as a whole to the interests of any sect, any chapel, any separate organization.
10
Maria Monk
Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Convent, which was used on such occasions; and placed not far from the altar in the chapel, in the view of a number of spectators who had assembled, perhaps about forty.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHAPEL»

Discover the use of chapel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chapel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Michelangelo's Medici Chapel: A New Interpretation
There are no surviving documents that explain Michelangelo's complex sculptural program for the Medici Chapel. The work as we have it is no more than an unfinished, fragmentary realization of the artist's original conception.
Edith Balas, 1995
2
Bronzino's Chapel of Eleonora in the Palazzo Vecchio
"Cox-Rearick indicates that the iconographic program of the chapel was, from its initiation, linked to an astonishing degree to the fortunes-actual and anticipated-of the young Duke Cosimo and that the successive changes in the chapel were ...
Janet Cox-Rearick, 1993
3
Giotto and the Arena Chapel: art, architecture & experience
This volume is divided into two parts, the first presenting new evidence and reconstructions of the chapel's design and early history; the second offering new interpretations of Giotto's frescoes.
Laura Jacobus, 2008
4
Chapel Road
Chapel Road is the story of the author L. P. Boon, who continues his "illegal writing" (writing without form or function) of the novel "Chapel Road" amid cynical reflections on the work in progress, theories about art, and hilarious ...
Louis Paul Boon, 1972
5
Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel Ceiling: Illustrations, ...
Each volume includes all the necessary materials for the comprehensive study of a work of art: An illustration section showing the complete work of art, details, preliminary studies, and iconographic sources; An introductory essay by the ...
Charles Seymour, 1972
6
Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
The story behind the timeless Renaissance revealed.
Andrew Graham-Dixon, Michelangelo Buonarroti, 2009
7
Sistine Chapel Coloring Book
Unique book includes 30 adaptations of Michelangelo's beautiful designs for the Sistine Chapel's celebrated frescoes.
Michelangelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti, 2004
8
Building a Children's Chapel: One Story at a Time
This exciting resource contains: Advice and tips on creating a children's chapel, including challenges of using available space Techniques for retelling stories for young listeners, including the use of songs and artwork Suggestions for ...
Bill Gordh, 2007
9
Down in the Chapel: Religious Life in an American Prison
Day in, day out, everything is, in its twisted way, rather ordinary. And then one of them disappears. Down in the Chapel tells the story of one week at Graterford Prison.
Joshua Dubler, 2013
10
St George's Chapel, Windsor, in the Fourteenth Century
A definitive look at the early history of St George's Chapel, one of the most important medieval buildings in England.
Nigel Saul, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHAPEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chapel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sistine Chapel exhibit set to open in Montreal
MONTREAL -- The beauty and grandeur of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling are about to go on display in Montreal -- without the long ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
2
Leaning chapel in Sheffield has new owners, neighbor still concerned
SHEFFIELD, Ala. (WHNT) – A chapel with a lot of history in Sheffield is falling down. It has been for years, but no one was taking steps to repair ... «whnt.com, Jul 15»
3
Fox Chapel's McCrady to play lacrosse at Brown
Levi McCrady, who will be entering his senior year at Fox Chapel, is taking his considerable lacrosse skills to Brown University. He recently ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
4
What's up with that?: Tiny Nibley building a unique wedding chapel
Megan Bickers leaves the “Bridalvail Chapel” with her son, Keegan, and husband Sam Bitter after being married on Monday morning in Nibley. «The Herald Journal, Jul 15»
5
Sean Scully fills a chapel with his art
Scully, now 70, has just completed a labour of love - installing his abstracts, sculptures and frescoes in a small chapel in the Montserrat hills ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
6
Chabad Fox Chapel helps provide food to those in need
With 15 boxes of packaged lettuce leftover last month at the Chabad Fox Chapel food pantry, Rabbi Ely Rosenfeld found a way to pay his ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
7
Our Lady of Victory chapel, building, celebrates 90th anniversary
Our Lady of Victory Chapel (left rear) served the Victory Noll ... five days, came here to dedicate and bless Victory Noll, including this chapel. «Today's Catholic News, Jul 15»
8
Cemetery chapel plans delight and irritate
Plans to restore a 100-year-old city-owned chapel in Oakwood Cemetery sailed through the Historic Landmark Commission at its last meeting. «Austin Monitor, Jul 15»
9
“The King's Chapel and the King's Court”: Richard Nixon, Billy …
(AP Photo/Charles W. Harrity) President Richard Nixon talks at the White House on March 15, 1970, following church services conducted by the ... «Religion & Politics, Jul 15»
10
Hope Chapel Road to be repaved
Work should begin this fall on the reconstruction of Hope Chapel Road from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to Route 527 in Manchester and ... «Tri-Town News, Jul 15»
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