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chapel

The correct spelling is chapel.

How to pronounce chapel

/ˈtʃæ.pəl/
noun

IPA: /ˈtʃæ.pəl/

Say it like: Cha-pel

The correct spelling is chapel. A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church. For example: "The village butcher is chapel."

Usage Examples

The village butcher is chapel.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
  2. 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. 3.A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.
  4. 4.A trade union branch in printing or journalism.
  5. 5.A printing office.

verb

  1. 1.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. 2.To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine.

adjective

  1. 1.Describing a person who attends a nonconformist chapel.

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