freechapel
freechapel noun: a chapel founded by the king of England or built under a grant from the king, which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the local bishop or other ruling member of the clergy.
Noun
freechapel (plural freechapels)
- A chapel founded by the king of England or built under a grant from the king, which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the local bishop or other ruling member of the clergy.
- Radfield-Chapel, (Kent,) in the p. of Bapchild, had once a freechapel, the ruins of which are yet remaining; the lands of which were by K. Edw VI. given to John Bateman, whose successor gave it by will to John Bateman of Wormsell. The steeple of its Ch. is a sea-mark.1751, Stephen Whatley, England's Gazetteer
- There is piece of land called chapel-yard, late parcel of the possessions of the priory of Hickling, where a freechapel stood formerly, of which I have no further account in any evidences that I have seen.1806, Francis Blomefield, Charles Parkin, An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
Forms of freechapel
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Origin of freechapel
From free + chapel.
Questions about freechapel
- What does freechapel mean?
- Freechapel means a chapel founded by the king of England or built under a grant from the king, which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the local bishop or other ruling member of the clergy.
- What part of speech is freechapel?
- Freechapel is a noun.
- What is the plural of freechapel?
- The plural of freechapel is freechapels.
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