Chapel vs. Sanctuary

Chapelnoun

A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.

Chapelnoun

A place of worship in a civil institution such as an airport, prison etc.

Chapelnoun

A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.

Chapelnoun

A trade union branch in UK printing or journalism.

Chapelnoun

A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.

Chapelnoun

A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.

Chapeladjective

(Wales) Describing a person who attends a nonconformist chapel.

Chapelverb

To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) to turn or make a circuit so as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.

Chapelverb

To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine.

Chapelnoun

A subordinate place of worship

Chapelnoun

A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.

Chapelnoun

In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse.

Chapelnoun

A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.

Chapelnoun

A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.

Chapelverb

To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine.

Chapelverb

To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.

Chapelnoun

a place of worship that has its own altar

Chapelnoun

a service conducted in a chapel;

Chapel

A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several senses.

Sanctuarynoun

A place of safety, refuge, or protection.

Sanctuarynoun

An area set aside for protection.

Sanctuarynoun

A state of being protected, asylum.

Sanctuarynoun

The consecrated (or sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.

Sanctuarynoun

A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.

Sanctuarynoun

a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept

Sanctuarynoun

a shelter from danger or hardship

Sanctuarynoun

area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing

Sanctuary

A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety.