chapel
n. countablen. a small building or a private room used for Christian prayer and worship. It is often part of a larger building like a hospital, school, or prison.
n. a small place of Christian worship, typically attached to a larger institution or a private house. Often functions as a secondary place of prayer rather than a primary parish church.
The hospital has a small chapel for patients and their families.
Students gather in the school chapel every Monday morning for a brief period of quiet reflection.
The historic estate features a private chapel built in the fourteenth century, which remains the only part of the original structure that has never been renovated.
Often used without an article in phrases like 'at chapel' or 'in chapel', similar to 'at church'.