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chapel

[chap-uhl] / ˈtʃæp əl /


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She also prayed in a 17th Century chapel that was positioned directly above the dungeons.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

With an open-door policy, the mission has been a refuge for as many a 1,000 people, at one point putting up hundreds of cots nightly in its chapel to accommodate women from the street.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Inside, neatly made-up rooms for visiting priests line warmly lit halls that lead to a chapel where the 400-year-old ritual takes place.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

Mick Jagger and Bianca Pérez-Mora Macías were forced to fight through a horde of journalists and tourists just to get to the chapel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

There are ten leaking cabins, one main building, a run-down open-air chapel, and very few resources or supplies.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The hotel today includes 238 guest rooms, four restaurants, two lounges, two chapels, a spa, pool and candy shop.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

Looming over the colorless town is its hulking circa-1385 monastery, extended in convent courtyards and stately chapels with lofty naves, offering dazzling displays of stained glass.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

And yet the chapels, mosaics and gilded wood of Santa Maria Maggiore remain stunning.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2025

Especially in rural areas, parishes and chapels are left without priests, though the seminaries still have students so some faithful hope they will be able to eventually replace those exiled or forced to flee.

From Seattle Times Feb. 11, 2024

Here, round the King's castle, there were streets—not just one street—and castles of dependent barons, and monasteries, chapels, churches, cathedrals, markets, merchants’ houses.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

So, too, the chapelled choir, with its apse of rounded vaults rising in imposing tiers.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield




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