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chapelry

British  

noun

  1. the district legally assigned to and served by an Anglican chapel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A church, a chapelry of Minstead, certainly stood here in the thirteenth century, but was destroyed, and a Georgian building erected —in its turn to give place to the church we see.

From England of My Heart : Spring by Hutton, Edward

She, a Portuguese, and very pious, always rose at eight to attend mass at the little church of Sainte-Valere, a chapelry to Saint-Thomas d'Aquin, standing at that time on the esplanade of the Invalides.

From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Balzac, Honoré de

The nave is on the south side with north chapelry or Lady aisle, heavy Norman pillars and plain chancel screen.

From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Walford, Edwin

The nave is on the north side of the church; the south aisle appears to end as a chapelry.

From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Walford, Edwin

In 1798 he was appointed to the chapelry of Little Horkesley in Essex, which he held till his death.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

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