chapel
Describing a person who attends a nonconformist chapelDescribing a person who attends a nonconformist chapel.
Meaning
1 senses(Wales, not comparable)Describing a person who attends a nonconformist chapel.
The village butcher is chapel.
Examples
23 sentencesThe chapel is there.
Каплиця там. — User55521
ruЧасовня там. — marafon
I heard the chapel bells ringing.
Tom was surprised to find Mary sitting all alone in the chapel.
ruТом удивился, обнаружив Мэри, сидящую в полном одиночестве в часовне. — Biga
Where's the chapel?
ruГде часовня? — marafon
The priest is in the chapel.
deDer Priester ist in der Kapelle. — Schmutti · CC BY 2.0 FR
Origin
From Middle English chapele, chapel, from Old French chapele, from Late Latin cappella (“lFrom Middle English chapele, chapel, from Old French chapele, from Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Doublet of capelle. Displaced native Old English bēdhūs.
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