chapelry

English

Etymology

From Old French chapelerie, corresponding to chapel +‎ -ry.

Noun

chapelry (plural chapelries)

  1. The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.
    • 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 59:
      Similarly in the many large parishes, the curates in the outlying chapelries became financially dependent on their congregations.
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