Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chapelry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: chapel-ry
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.

Example Sentences

"Similarly in the many large parishes, the curates in the outlying chapelries became financially dependent on their congregations."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chapel

Inflected Forms

chapelries (plural)

Questions

What does chapelry mean?: The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.
Where does chapelry come from?: From Old French chapelerie, corresponding to chapel + -ry.

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