Freechapel
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A chapel founded by the king of England or built under a grant from the king, which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the local bishop or other ruling member of the clergy. historical
"Radfield-Chapel, (Kent,) in the p. of Bapchild, had once a freechapel, the ruins of which are yet remaining; the lands of which were by K. Edw VI. given to John Bateman, whose successor gave it by will to John Bateman of Wormsell. The steeple of its Ch. is a sea-mark."
Example
More examples"Radfield-Chapel, (Kent,) in the p. of Bapchild, had once a freechapel, the ruins of which are yet remaining; the lands of which were by K. Edw VI. given to John Bateman, whose successor gave it by will to John Bateman of Wormsell. The steeple of its Ch. is a sea-mark."
Etymology
From free + chapel.
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