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noun plural -ries

the district legally assigned to and served by an Anglican chapel

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Words nearby chapelry

chapeau bras, chapel, chapel de fer, Chapel Hill, chapel of ease, chapelry, chaperon, chaperone, chapess, chapfallen, chap hop

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How to use chapelry in a sentence

The custom of "crabbing the parson" was observed till lately at St. Kenelm's chapelry, near Stourbridge.
Notes and Queries for Worcestershire|John Noake
He concluded that one of the assistant priests from a chapelry under the great Church was ministering there in his stead.
Pabo, The Priest|Sabine Baring-Gould
In 1798 he was appointed to the chapelry of Little Horkesley in Essex, which he held till his death.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3|Various
It is now merely a chapelry under Swaffham Prior, in which parish the western side of the township is situated.
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely|Rev. Edward Conybeare.

Church of a district parish, consolidated district chapelry, or particular district, which under 19 & 20 Vict.
The Legal Position of the Clergy|P. V. Smith