CHAPEL

A place of worship; a lesser or inferior church, sometimes a part of or subordinate to another church. Webster. Rex v. Nixon, 7 Car. & P. 442. Chapel of ease. In English ecclesiastical law. A chapel founded in general at some period later than the parochial church itself, and designed for the accommodation of such of the parishioners as, in course of time, had begun to fix their residence at some distance from its site: and so termed because built in aid of the original church. 3 Steph. Comm. 151. Private chapel. Chapels owned by private persons, and used by themselves and their families, are called “private.” as opposed to chapels of ease, which are built for the accommodation of particular districts within a parish, in ease of the original parish church. 2 Steph. Comm. 745. Proprietary chapels. In English law. Those belonging to private persons who have purchased or erected them with a view to profit or otherwise. PuMic chapels. In English law, are chapels founded at some period later than the church itself. They were designed for the accommodation of such of the parishioners as In course of time had begun to fix their residence at a distance from its site; and chapels so circumstanced were described as “chapels of ease,” because built in aid of the original church. 8 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 745.