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CHAPEL , a See also:place of religious See also:worship,' a name properly applied to that of a See also:Christian religious See also:body, but sometimes to any small See also:temple of See also:pagan worship (See also:Lat. sacellum). The word is derived through the O. Fr. chapele, See also:modern chapelle, from the See also:Late Lat. capelle or cappella, diminutive of cappa, a cape, particularly that of a See also: The only other English sense is that of a printer's workshop, or the body of compositors in it, who are presided over by a " See also:father of the chapel."
In the Church of See also:England the word is applied to a private place of worship, attached either to the palaces of the See also:sovereign, " chapels royal," or to the See also:residence of a private See also:person, to a See also:college, school, See also:prison, workhouse, &c. Further, the word has particular legal applications, though in each See also:case the building might be and often is styled a church. These are places of worship supplementary to a See also:parish church, and may be either " chapels of ease," to ease or relieve the See also:mother-church and serve those parishioners who may live far away, " parochial chapels," the " churches " of See also:ancient divisions of a very large and widely scattered parish, or " See also:district chapels," those of a district of a parish divided under the various church building acts. A " See also:free chapel " is one founded by the king and by his authority, and visited by him and not by the See also:bishop. A "proprietary chapel" is one that belongs to a private person. They are anomalies to the English ecclesiastical See also:law, have no parish rights, and can be converted to other than religious purposes, but a clergyman may be licensed to perform See also:duty in such a place of worship. In the early and See also:middle See also:part of the 19th See also:century such proprietary chapels were See also:common, but they have practically ceased to exist. "Chapel" was early and still is in England the See also:general name of places of worship other than those of the established Church, but the application of "church" to all places of worship without distinction of See also:sect is becoming more and more common. The word "chapel" was in this restricted sense first applied to places of worship belonging to the See also:Roman Church in England, and was thus restricted to those attached to See also:foreign embassies, or to those of the consorts of See also: Most of the See also:recent buildings for worship erected by Nonconformist bodies will be found to be styled Wesleyan, Congregational, &c., churches. It would appear that while the word " chapel " was not infrequent in the early history of See also:Nonconformity, " See also:meeting-house " was the more usual term. From the' architectural point of view the addition of chapels to a See also:cathedral or large church assumes some See also:historical importance in consequence of the changes it involved in the See also:plan. It was the introduction of the apsidal chapels in the churches of France which eventually led to the See also:chevet or cluster of eastern'chapels in many of the great cathedrals, and also sometimes to the See also:extension of the See also:transept so as to include additional apsidal chapels on the east See also:side. In France, and to a certain extent in See also:Italy, the multiplication of chapels led to their being placed on th© See also:north and See also:south side of the aisles, and in some cases, as at See also:Albi in France, to the suppression of the aisles and the See also:instalment of the chapels in their place. The chapels of the colleges at See also:Oxford and See also:Cambridge are sometimes of large dimensions and architecturally of great importance, that of See also:Christ Church being actually the cathedral of Oxford; among others maybe mentioned the chapel of Merton College, and the new chapel of See also:Exeter College, both in Oxford, and the chapel of King's College, Cambridge, which is roofed over with perhaps the finest See also:fan-vault in England. (See VAULT, See also:Plate II., fig. Additional information and CommentsIn traditional square rigged sailing vessels sailing close to the wind, a gust, or carelessness, could result in the ship heading directly into the wind where it would loose headway (forward motion). To chapel, or to chappell, the ship involve using rudder work only to force a turn which would be used to return to the initial heading. Chapeling avoided the heavy rigging work which would otherwise have been required, as in blocking, to drive the ship back to the original heading. Varous sources describe variations of the chapel maneuver but none addresses the derivation of the term. The chapel may refer to the figurative canvas roof drawn over the deck by the turning ship or, alternatively, to the time lost from the ship's progress while "in the chapel". Are there any other suggestions as to the origin of this sailing term?
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