chapel of ease

American  

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

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

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chapel of ease British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of chapel of ease

First recorded in 1530–40

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Example Sentences

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chapel of ease

No longer a regular parish, it is used for special occasions and is known as a "chapel of ease."

From Time Magazine Archive

To get around canon law, St. Mark's will technically be known as a "chapel of ease" rather than a parish for Catholics, but it will nonetheless be an approved place of worship.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is in the parish of Lanteglos, nearly two miles distant, and has not in it even a chapel of ease.

From Cornwall by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

There was a chapel of ease there to Grinton.

From A Month in Yorkshire by Walter White

Facing the river is All Saints' Church, a chapel of ease to St. Gabriel's, by Cundy, built circa 1870 to replace a mission church; opposite it is the Pimlico Pier for river steamboats.

From Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London by Sir Walter Besant

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