chapelry

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noun

The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.

OriginOld French chapelerie →
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Meanings

nounchapelry (plural chapelries)

plural chapelries

  1. The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.

    Similarly in the many large parishes, the curates in the outlying chapelries became financially dependent on their congregations.

    1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 59

Origin

  1. Old Frenchchapelerie
  2. Englishchapelry

From Old French chapelerie, corresponding to chapel + -ry.

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APA

chapelry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chapelry

MLA

“chapelry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chapelry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chapelry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chapelry.

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