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# chapel

noun (a chapel, chapels)

«chapel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (church) A chapel is a small church, or a room for Christian prayer inside a bigger building such as a school, hospital, prison, palace or airport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapel/#m1)
2. A chapel is a small part of a large church or cathedral with its own altar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapel/#m2)
3. (UK) Chapel is also the church of some Protestant groups, such as Methodists or Baptists, especially in Wales: "We go to chapel." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapel/#m3)

### In the lessons

In church-life lessons, schools with chapels hold services there; in stories, weddings and quiet prayers happen in chapels. Royal weddings have taken place in St George's Chapel at Windsor. Phrases: «school chapel», «a wedding chapel», «go to chapel», «chapel of rest» (where a person who has died lies before the funeral).

### Examples

- Our school has a little chapel where we have assembly on Fridays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapel/#x1)
- They got married in a chapel by the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapel/#x2)
- The hospital chapel is open for anyone who wants to pray or be quiet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapel/#x3)
- St George's Chapel is at Windsor Castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapel/#x4)
- Grandma goes to chapel every Sunday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapel/#x5)
- The cathedral has many side chapels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapel/#x6)
- The family visited Grandad at the chapel of rest to say goodbye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapel/#x7)
- It had the appearance of a chapel for the dead, with petrified organs and silent pipes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapel/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun: a chapel, chapels. In UK English «go to chapel» without «the» means attending services there. A chapel is smaller than a church; a cathedral is the main church of a bishop.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chapel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chapel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chapel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chapel.html) on Mova free.