Plural of chapel
regular plural
The plural of chapel is chapels.
Forms of chapel
| Singular | chapel /ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | chapels |
| Countable | countable |
Chapels in a sentence
- Altar tombs were often placed over the vaults or burying-place, and frequently on the north and south walls of choirs, aisles, and chantry chapels.From the entry altar tomb
- The place smelled of shoepolish, not the usual musty hymn-books she associated with chapels.1996 [1994], Peter Robinson, Final Account: An Inspector Banks Mystery, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 206. From the entry shoepolish
- These are little more than 6 m. deep and are interposed between the main chapels.1969, Richard Krautheimer, translated by Howard Saalman, “Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome and the Rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem…. From the entry anteportico
- There are churchlike or synagoguelike chapels and leaders who deliver Sunday sermons, perform pastoral duties, and conduct "services," though without prayer to a deity.1991 September, Paul Kurtz, “The Two Humanisms in Conflict: Religious vs. Secular”, in Free Inquiry, volume 11, number 4, page 49. From the entry churchlike
- Those shelters formed chapels where aged forms of the implants monked out in built cells, little churchy cells that perished or grew plain, quivering and hidden from sight under alders.2014, Ken Babstock, On Malice, →ISBN, page 63. From the entry monk
Meaning of chapel
- noun A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
- noun A place of worship in another building or within a civil institution such as a larger church, airport, prison, monastery, school, etc.; often primarily for private prayer.
- noun A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant; for example, of Nonconformist or Dissenter congregations.
Questions about the plural of chapel
- What is the plural of chapel?
- The plural of chapel is chapels.
- Is chapel countable?
- Chapel is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chapel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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