side chapel
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- noun
- /ˈsaɪd ˈʧæpəl/
:
capilla lateral
- The church's side chapel was adorned with candles and flowers for the special evening service.
Examples
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In that church, there was only one painting in a side chapel.
Academic text (2008) -
The next morning at Rockingham, there was a memorial service for Ray Garry in the little track-side chapel whose altar he had helped, only months before, to build.
Fiction book (1997) -
I've asked Alma to come in every day from now on to open the side chapel.
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I found a reference in my guidebook to an altarpiece in a side chapel, artist unknown.
Fiction book (1999) -
We genuflect as we pass the tabernacle outside of Mass (the tabernacle is off in a side chapel).
Blog text (32) -
A later replacement for this miracle-working crucifix hangs today in a side chapel of the Church of St. Gangolf in Bamberg.
Academic text (1993) -
There were fifteen or twenty of us in the little side chapel, including seven or eight men from the meat market, dressed in white aprons just like Mick's, some of them stained as his was stained.
Fiction book (1994) -
If you ever go to the Vatican, do not miss this side chapel; the huge bronze Tabernacle and Angels are sculptures by Bernini, and it has two of the original columns of the Temple of Solomon.
Blog text (10) -
The small congregation gathered for a private prayer service in the side chapel of the historic church.
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She often found peace in the side chapel, where she could meditate away from the busyness of the main sanctuary.
Synonyms
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2.8
A small room for Christian worship often in a school or hospital
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8.1
A small chapel or room used for private prayer
A small room in a church used for prayer and dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'side' (positioned at the side) with 'chapel' (a small worship room), so a learner who knows both words can infer a small chapel located off a side aisle. This is a literal, compositional adjectival + noun phrase following common spatial naming patterns found across languages, so no idiomatic knowledge is required.
Etymology
The noun side chapel names a small chapel built at the side of a larger church, like a quiet room off the busy main space. Because it is separate, people use it for 'private prayer' or 'small services', so the phrase means 'a small chapel for private worship'.