chapel of ease

noun Roman Catholic Church.

a chapel in a remote part of a large parish, in which Mass is celebrated.

Nearby words

chapeau, chapeau bras, chapel, chapel de fer, chapel hill, chapel of ease, chapelry, chaperon, chaperone, chapess, chapfallen

Origin of chapel of ease

First recorded in 1530–40

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Examples from the Web for chapel of ease

Meantime you have no church to go to nearer than Barmstoke, which is a chapel-of-ease to this place, but two miles distant.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
It has no parish church, but only a chapel-of-ease to an adjacent parish.
From London to Land's End|Daniel Defoe
But our primitive stage was a chapel-of-ease, as it were, to the Church.
A Book of the Play|Dutton Cook
Mrs. Marlowe was going with her to the chapel-of-ease at East Lafer but would not get out.
Mrs. Severn, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Mary Elizabeth Carter

At the chapel-of-ease attended by the troops there arose above the edge of the pulpit one Sunday an unknown face.
A Changed Man and Other Tales|Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for chapel of ease

chapel of ease

noun

a church built to accommodate those living at a distance from the parish church

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chapel of ease

noun Roman Catholic Church.

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chapel of ease

noun