Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Chapel
chapel, n. [ME < late L. cappella, little cloak or cape < the cloak of St. Martin, a sacred relic that the Frankish kings carried into battle; the name of the sanctuary in which the cappella or 'chaplains' preserved the holy relic.]
Community church; place of worship; building for worship smaller than a cathedral.
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