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Meaning of chapel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈt͡ʃæp.əl

Definitions

  1. A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church
  2. A surname.
  3. A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
    especially
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant; for example, of Nonconformist or Dissenter congregations
  7. A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant; for example, of Nonconformist or Dissenter congregations.
    UK
  8. A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services
  9. A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.
  10. A trade union branch in printing or journalism
  11. A trade union branch in printing or journalism.
    UK
  12. A printing office.
  13. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.

Equivalents

Afrikaans kapel
Azərbaycanca ibadətgah
Български параклис
Català capella
Čeština kaple modlitebna
Cymraeg betws capel
Dansk kapel
Deutsch Kapelle
Esperanto kapelo preĝejeto
Español capilla
Eesti kabel
فارسی نمازخانه
Français chapel chapelle
Galego capela
Magyar kápolna
Հայերեն մատուռ
Bahasa Indonesia gereja kecil kapel musala sanggar
Íslenska kapella
Italiano cappella chiesetta
ქართული სამლოცველო
Қазақша ғибадатхана
한국어 례배당 성전 예배당 채플
Lietuvių koplyčia
Latviešu kapela
Македонски капела
Bahasa Melayu kapel
Nederlands kapel
Polski kaplica
Português capela
Română capelă
Slovenščina kapela
Shqip tempull
Српски kabel kapela капела
Svenska kapell
ไทย โบสถ์
Tagalog kapilya tuklong
Türkçe musalla şapel
ئۇيغۇرچە ئىبادەتخانا
Українська каплиця
Oʻzbekcha ibodatxona

Examples

“One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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