chapel of ease

English

Noun

chapel of ease (plural chapels of ease)

A chapel built in a remote part of a parish to meet the needs of those who live far from the parish church.
A privy; a toilet.

Translations

remote chapel

French: succursale (fr) f
Polish: kaplica filialna f (analogical to kościół filialny (not necessarily remote, but always subordinate to a parish church))

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