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- noun Plural form of
chapel .
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Examples
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In one of the side chapels is another part of this Via Crucis, the Crucifixion from before 1500, which used to be placed on the cemetery:
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One of those chapels is San Francisco, which has a 19th Century coffered ceiling.
The Meseta Purepecha 2008
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One of those chapels is San Francisco, which has a 19th Century coffered ceiling.
The Meseta Purepecha 2008
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He inquired into the welfare of shop-assistants from women and girls who worshiped in Welsh chapels, and though he spoiled several in his quest, the abominations which oppressed these workers were made known to him.
My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People Caradoc Evans
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The most breathtaking aspect of the chapels is the how the murals meld with the architecture.
Chatsworth: The Chapel Heather Carroll 2008
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_Press_ for the statement that printing-offices are called chapels?
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In one of the chapels are the tombs of Roger II. and the Emperor Frederic, and those of their respective families.
Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta W. Cope Devereux
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In one of the chapels is a large rough-hewn mahogany cross on which is painted the legend: "This is the first sign planted in the center of this field to mark the beginning of this magnificent temple in the year MDXIV."
Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Otto Schoenrich
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= -- The third of the chapels is the most regular in shape, and is used, as it was in monastic times, as a Vestiarium or vestry.
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The earliest places of Christian worship may be called chapels, inasmuch as they were informal churches, i.e. a chamber in a house, or the atrium and tablinum of the house adapted for the purpose; but the earliest oratories or chapels, as distinct from the buildings where the bishop and presbytery presided over the regular assemblies of Christians, were probably martyrs 'memorials.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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