chapel of ease
a chapel in a remote part of a large parish, in which Mass is celebrated.
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How to use chapel of ease in a sentence
There is no pretension about the place, though it can boast one hotel, a modern chapel-of-ease, and the usual small conventicles.
The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. SalmonWhitechapel takes its name from a white chapel-of-ease built to relieve Stepney, in which parish this district was till 1763.
The History of London | Walter BesantAt 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 HardyMeantime 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 ReadeSkelwick was only a chapel-of-ease to North Ditton, and before Mr. Gascoyne's time the place had been much neglected.
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth | Angela Brazil
British Dictionary definitions for chapel of ease
a church built to accommodate those living at a distance from the parish church
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