chap ‧ el /ˈtʃæp ə l/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: chapele , from Medieval Latin cappella , from Late Latin cappa 'cloak' ( ⇨ ↑ CAP 1 ); because the cloak of St. Martin of Tours was kept in such a building ]
1 . [countable] a small church, or a room in a hospital, prison, big church etc in which Christians pray and have religious services
2 . [countable] a building where Christians who are Nonconformists have religious services
3 . [uncountable] British English the religious services held in a chapel:
Bethan goes to chapel every Sunday.
4 . [countable] British English the members of a ↑ union in the newspaper or printing industry