chapel of ease
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chapel of ease
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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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
No longer a regular parish, it is used for special occasions and is known as a "chapel of ease."
From Time Magazine Archive
The nearest, and actually the parish church, is a hideous compo structure, built in the worst of times as a chapel of ease to S. Clements.
From More Bywords by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
No; we go to the chapel of ease at Furnival's Green.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
The church, originally built as a chapel of ease to St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, is in Early Pointed style, and has a tower and spire of Caen stone 170 feet high, with ten bells.
From Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
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