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chapel

[chap-uhl] / ˈtʃæp əl /


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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

On Aug. 14, a statue of Melville will also be unveiled at the nearby Seamen’s Bethel chapel.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 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

The cover of “Communion” eschews the grandeur of a Catholic cathedral, in favor of a photograph of a humble Methodist chapel in a rural part of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

It was the last thing he said to me before he walked away, leaving me rooted, astonished, beside that grand chapel.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

In Las Vegas, the Electric Daisy Carnival has two chapels for weddings.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

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

From BBC Apr. 23, 2025

Many popes are buried in tombs in the grottos underneath St. Peter’s Basilica or in side chapels of the basilica itself, including all of Francis’ recent predecessors.

From Washington Times Dec. 13, 2023

Ulan and others decorated the chapels with “prop wedding decorations,” taking photographs to document the ceremonies.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2023

When the Japanese prohibit Filipinos from gathering in groups, churches organize resistance meetings inside chapels under the guise of worship.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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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