chapel

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Christianity, Labour relations, unions

chap·el /ˈtʃæpəl/ ●●○ noun  1. [countable]RRC a small church, or a room in a hospital, prison, big church etc in which Christians pray and have religious services 小教堂；〔医院、监狱、大教堂等中的〕小礼拜堂2. RRC[countable] a building where Christians who are Nonconformists have religious services 〔英国非国教徒做礼拜的〕教堂3  [uncountable]RRC British English the religious services held in a chapel 〔小教堂里的〕礼拜仪式 Bethan goes to chapel every Sunday. 贝唐每个星期天都去教堂做礼拜。4. BEL[countable] British English the members of a union in the newspaper or printing industry 〔报业或印刷业的〕工会会员

Examples from the Corpus

chapel• In a way the forest was like a chapel.• In Portadown in the late nineteenth century there were two Primitive chapels.• He was also a member of the royal chapel choir, where he was classified as a taille or tenor.• Unfortunately it is not possible to enter the chapel.• The glory of the chapel, however, rests in the contents of the display cases.• The chapel was started by Gian Giacomo Trivulzio to house his family mausoleum.• a wedding chapel• The layout is a solid one with thick, cellular walls and tall buttresses with chapels between.Origin chapel (1100-1200) Old French chapele, from Medieval Latin cappella, from Late Latin cappa “cloak” ( → CAP1); because the cloak of St. Martin of Tours was kept in such a building

chap·el nounChineseSyllable  

small hospital, Corpus a a a or room in church,

chapel
chap‧el /ˈtʃæpəl/ noun1. [countable] a small church, or a room in a hospital, prison, big church etc in which Christians pray and have religious services
2. [countable] a building where Christians who are Nonconformists have religious services
3. [uncountable] British English the religious services held in a chapel:
    Bethan goes to chapel every Sunday.
4. [countable] British English the members of a union in the newspaper or printing industry

chapelBrE /ˈtʃæpl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃæpl/ 🔊 noun [countable] a small building or room used for Christian worship in a school, prison, large private house, etc. （学校、监狱、私人宅院等基督教徒礼拜用的）小教堂◆a college chapel学院的小教堂 [countable] a separate part of a church or cathedral, with its own altar, used for some services and private prayer （教堂内的）分堂，小教堂 [countable, uncountable] the word for a church used in some Christian denominations, for example by Nonconformists in Britain （基督教某些教派如英国的非圣公会新教教徒做礼拜的）教堂◆a Methodist chapel循道宗教堂◆a Mormon chapel摩门教教堂◆She always went to chapel on Sundays. 她总是在星期天去教堂做礼拜。🔊🔊 [countable] a small building or room used for funeral services, especially at a cemetery or crematorium （尤指墓地或火葬场的）殡仪馆，殡仪室 [countable + singular or plural verb] (BrE) a branch of a trade/labor union in a newspaper office or printing house; the members of the branch （报馆或印刷所的）工会分会，工会分会会员