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- noun Plural form of
chapelry .
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Examples
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Although chantry priests were often required to give regular help in the church services or taught such scholars as came to them or served outlying chapelries, the system permitted a great number to live on occasional engagements and was doubtless productive of abuses.
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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These names are all of local origin, from chapelries in Normandy or England.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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The predecessor of the vicar was a pluralist, who held Caistor with its two chapelries of Holton and Clixby and the living of Rothwell.
The Parish Clerk 1892
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Bruton Convent could tithe the land no more, nor feed their swine or cattle there, nor cut fuel, instead of which the rectory of South Petherton, and its four daughter chapelries, was handed over to this bereaved convent.
Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England 1886
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