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chapel

[chap-uhl] / ˈtʃæp əl /


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Though I find his high-keyed color synthetic and cloying, a cruciform room frames Parrish’s work with the solemnity of a chapel.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

There, he became deeply involved in a struggle over control of the village's Particular Baptist chapel.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

Guests stroll into blacksmith shops and corn mills, dine on cinnamon bread and other local delicacies, and seek quiet time in an authentic Appalachian chapel.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

She also prayed in a 17th Century chapel that was positioned directly above the dungeons.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Long lines of policemen flanked the path to the cemetery’s brownstone chapel.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Looming over the colorless town is its hulking circa-1385 monastery, extended in convent courtyards and stately chapels with lofty naves, offering dazzling displays of stained glass.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

‘This Is a Story,’ filled with enlarged plates and tables, cheeky chapels and flowing beards, has a charismatic presence.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2025

And yet the chapels, mosaics and gilded wood of Santa Maria Maggiore remain stunning.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2025

Many popes are buried in tombs in the grottos underneath St. Peter’s Basilica or in side chapels of the basilica itself, including all of Francis’ recent predecessors.

From Washington Times Dec. 13, 2023

I’m not to be stopping in chapels to say a prayer.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

So, too, the chapelled choir, with its apse of rounded vaults rising in imposing tiers.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield




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