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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

About 5,000 U.S. military personnel can stay on the carrier, which has a dental clinic, a chapel and a coffee shop that serves Starbucks drinks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Screen idol Audrey Hepburn married her first husband Mel Ferrer in the Burgenstock's chapel in 1954, and they made the luxurious destination their home, living in the resort's Villa Bethania.

From Barron's Jun. 21, 2026

They were reminded that this Bowl was for brains, not brawn, and decorum—something between chapel and classroom—was the order of the day.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

Homes were demolished, chapels flattened and communities displaced in Port Talbot when Wales' first stretch of motorway was built at a cost of more than £5m.

From BBC Jul. 21, 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

At the Jardines de Humaya cemetery, final resting place of many racketeers and their families, multi-story mausoleums feature balconies, air conditioning and ornate chapels.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2024

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

I’m not to be stopping in chapels to say a prayer.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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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