chapel Definition

chapel
noun

1. A recess within a church or cathedral, with its own altar.
2. A place of worship attached to a house, school, etc.
3a. In England and Wales: a place of Nonconformist worship;
3b. In England and Wales: the services held there.
4a. In Scotland and N Ireland: the place of worship for Roman Catholics or Episcopalians;
4b. In Scotland and N Ireland: the services held there.
5. An association of workers in a newspaper office, or a printing- or publishing-house, usually belonging to a trade union.

Etymology: 13c: from French chapele, from Latin cappella, diminutive of cappa cloak, ie the cloak of St Martin, which was kept in a shrine, to which the word became attached.