- a private or subordinate place of prayer or worship; oratory.
- a separately dedicated part of a church, or a small independent churchlike edifice, devoted to special services.
- a room or building for worship in an institution, palace, etc.
- (in Great Britain) a place of worship for members of various dissenting Protestant churches, as Baptists or Methodists.
- a separate place of public worship dependent on the church of a parish.
- a religious service in a chapel: Don't be late for chapel!
- a funeral home or the room in which funeral services are held.
- a choir or orchestra of a chapel, court, etc.
- a print shop or printing house.
- an association of employees in a print shop for dealing with their interests, problems, etc.
- to maneuver (a sailing vessel taken aback) by the helm alone until the wind can be recovered on the original tack.
- (in England) belonging to any of various dissenting Protestant sects.
- a place of Christian worship in a larger building, esp a place set apart, with a separate altar, in a church or cathedral
- a similar place of worship in or attached to a large house or institution, such as a college, hospital or prison
- a church subordinate to a parish church
- (in Britain)
- a Nonconformist place of worship
- Nonconformist religious practices or doctrine
- (as adjective)
- (in Scotland) a Roman Catholic church
- the members of a trade union in a particular newspaper office, printing house, etc
- a printing office
