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The synonyms of “Chapel” are: chapel service, holy place, temple, church, tabernacle, altar, sanctuary, sanctum
Chapel as a Noun
Definitions of "Chapel" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “chapel” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- A part of a large church or cathedral with its own altar and dedication.
- A small building or room used for Christian worship in a school, prison, hospital, or large private house.
- The members or branch of a print or newspaper trade union at a particular place of work.
- A place of worship that has its own altar.
- A chapel of rest.
- A place of worship for Nonconformist congregations.
- A small building or room used for funeral services.
- A service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar.
Synonyms of "Chapel" as a noun (8 Words)
| altar | The table in a Christian church at which the bread and wine are consecrated in communion services. |
| chapel service | A means of serving. |
| church | The body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church. The separation of church and state. |
| holy place | A sacred place of pilgrimage. |
| sanctuary | A place where injured or unwanted animals of a specified kind are cared for. His sons took sanctuary in the church. |
| sanctum | A sacred place of pilgrimage. He withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum where the children could never go. |
| tabernacle | The Mormon temple. |
| temple | A thing regarded as holy or likened to a temple especially a person s body. The veins in his temple throbbed. |
Usage Examples of "Chapel" as a noun
- Mr Brind was the head of the BBC's NUJ chapel.
- The funeral was in the chapel at Broadfoot Brothers Funeral Home.
- He was late for chapel.
- A service in the chapel.
- She went to chapel twice on Sunday.
- The first chapel on the right of the cathedral is dedicated to St Ludmila.
