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chapelry

chapelry noun: the district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.

Noun

chapelry (plural chapelries)

  1. The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.
    • Similarly in the many large parishes, the curates in the outlying chapelries became financially dependent on their congregations.1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 59

Forms of chapelry

pluralchapelries

Origin of chapelry

From Old French chapelerie, corresponding to chapel + -ry.

Questions about chapelry

What does chapelry mean?
Chapelry means the district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.
What part of speech is chapelry?
Chapelry is a noun.
What is the plural of chapelry?
The plural of chapelry is chapelries.

Words near chapelry in the dictionary

  1. chapelmasters
  2. chapelmen
  3. Chapelon
  4. Chapelons
  5. chapelries
  6. chapelry
  7. chapels
  8. chapels de fer
  9. chapels of ease
  10. chapels of rest
  11. Chapeltique

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