chapel

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of chapel Charles' annual Christmas message will come from Fitzrovia Chapel in central London, once the chapel of Middlesex Hospital. Hannah Peart, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024 Chilly weather and the pope’s busy schedule during Christmas week were cited as reasons for the 88-year-old giving the blessing from his residence at the chapel of the Vatican's Santa Marta quarters. Brie Stimson, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2024 The dolls were displayed in a former chapel that is now part of the O.K. Linz museum (also known as O.K. Center for Contemporary Art), where the glass doors were shattered. Steve Appleford, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2025 Andrea Mitchell, who got her start at NBC News during the Carter administration, was spotted in one of the cathedral chapels, which doubled as a warming room for reporters doing stand-ups or waiting for the clear to enter the cathedral itself. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for chapel 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chapel
Noun
  • More than 170 proposals were submitted, including by famous architects like Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, who was in the midst of restoring Notre Dame cathedral.
    Elliott Verdier, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Consider the Roman Catholic pageantry and aesthetic splendor of it all, with the ceremonial rites, the pilgrimages to grand cathedrals (St. Dolby’s, St. Beverly Hilton’s), lots of sermonizing, and even fast days.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The coveted shrine released the list of nominees for 2025’s commemoration, stacked with icons who have been nominated in previous years and first-timers alike.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Thomas, 28, is in no rush to build any sort of living-room shrine to her athletic accomplishments.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Just two hours north of London, but what feels like an entire world away, the region is best known for its vast, dune-like beaches, crumbling medieval abbeys, and grande dame stately homes.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Over the next few centuries, the abbey’s importance as a place of study and prayer, as well as its political and cultural significance, only grew.
    Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Hubble Space Telescope has been aloft for 35 years and is still at work—thanks in part to the five servicing missions astronauts made to the telescope before the space shuttles were retired in 2011.
    Jeffrey Kluger/Greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
  • SpaceX has been responsible for all by one of the missions flown from either Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral so far this year.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Complications ensue, but the upshot is that father and daughter decide to help the geese migrate to a sanctuary in North Carolina.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Members of Gopher Campfire Club will begin collecting money to finance improvements to the club’s wildlife sanctuary alone the north shore of the Crow River in Hutchinson.
    Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The frames are precision-engineered with bold yet sleek details, the temples are wider, and the proportions are unisex.
    Luisa Zargani, WWD, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Viewers will see the temples Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen and Thai Wat Pho featured, as well as the Chao Phraya River.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Blessed Sacrament Chapel’s tabernacle is supported by three legs, symbolizing the Holy Trinity.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Wye Oak Tavern is located in what used to be the school's chapel, with soaring ceilings, stained glass, a tabernacle, and a sizable pipe organ.
    Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2025

Podcast

Thesaurus Entries Near chapel

Cite this Entry

“Chapel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chapel. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on chapel

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!