Definition of: chapel

(chap′əl) noun
1. A place of worship other than a large and regular church.
2. A compartment or recess of a church, where independent services may be held.
3. Any place of worship not connected with the state or established church.
4. In England, any dissenting church.
5. A building or large room in a university, college, or school, for religious services; also, the services.
6. An official choir or orchestra, as of a court or nobleman's establishment.
7. The body of journeymen printers in a given office usually organized under a chairman, known in Great Britain as the father of the chapel.
8. Archaic A printing house. [<OF chapele <Med. L capella, dim. of cappa cloak; orig., a sanctuary where the cloak of St. Martin was kept as a relic]