chapel of ease

noun

, Roman Catholic Church.

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

chapel of ease

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of chapel of ease¹

First recorded in 1530–40

Example Sentences

There is no pretension about the place, though it can boast one hotel, a modern chapel-of-ease, and the usual small conventicles.

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Whitechapel takes its name from a white chapel-of-ease built to relieve Stepney, in which parish this district was till 1763.

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At the chapel-of-ease attended by the troops there arose above the edge of the pulpit one Sunday an unknown face.

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Meantime you have no church to go to nearer than Barmstoke, which is a chapel-of-ease to this place, but two miles distant.

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Skelwick was only a chapel-of-ease to North Ditton, and before Mr. Gascoyne's time the place had been much neglected.

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