A chapel is a building used for worship by members of some Christian churches. Chapel refers to the religious services that take place there. a Methodist chapel On Sundays, the family went three times to chapel
A chapel is a part of a church which has its own altar and which is used for private prayer. the chapel of the Virgin Mary
a place of worship lacking a parish congregation [although chapels may have a permanent clergyman]; chapels may be large or small, private or institutional A term for a place of Episcopal worship associated with a college, university, or seminary A small place of worship attached to a larger structure All Saints' is a chapel; Otey and St James are churches--because they have parish congregations
From Latin, cappella, meaning "a cape " When the kings of France went on military campaigns, they would carry the cape of St Martin with them The tent or other temporary structure that housed the cappella was called a chapel A chapel now refers to a small building or room set apart for worship and meditation
To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing