Chapelry

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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

Etymology

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

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