'Chapel of ease' definitions:

Definition of 'Chapel of ease'

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  • Ease \Ease\ ([=e]z), n. [OE. ese, eise, F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise, OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. Cf. Agio, Disease.]
  • 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body. [1913 Webster]
  • Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
  • Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching. --Swift. (b) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind. [1913 Webster]
  • Among these nations shalt thou find no ease. --Deut. xxviii. 65. [1913 Webster]
  • Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. --Luke xii. 19. (c) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address. [1913 Webster]
  • True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • At ease, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. "His soul shall dwell at ease." --Ps. xxv. 12.
  • Chapel of ease. See under Chapel.
  • Ill at ease, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious.
  • To stand at ease (Mil.), to stand in a comfortable attitude in one's place in the ranks.
  • With ease, easily; without much effort.
  • Syn: Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquillity; facility; easiness; readiness. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chapel of ease'

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  • Chapel \Chap"el\, n. [OF. chapele, F. chapelle, fr. LL. capella, orig., a short cloak, hood, or cowl; later, a reliquary, sacred vessel, chapel; dim. of cappa, capa, cloak, cape, cope; also, a covering for the head. The chapel where St. Martin's cloak was preserved as a precious relic, itself came to be called capella, whence the name was applied to similar paces of worship, and the guardian of this cloak was called capellanus, or chaplain. See Cap, and cf. Chaplain., Chaplet.]
  • 1. A subordinate place of worship; as, (a) a small church, often a private foundation, as for a memorial; (b) a small building attached to a church; (c) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In Catholic churches, and also in cathedrals and abbey churches, chapels are usually annexed in the recesses on the sides of the aisles. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Print.) (a) A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of workmen in a printing office. [1913 Webster]
  • Chapel of ease. (a) A chapel or dependent church built for the ease or a accommodation of an increasing parish, or for parishioners who live at a distance from the principal church. (b) A privy. (Law)
  • Chapel master, a director of music in a chapel; the director of a court or orchestra.
  • To build a chapel (Naut.), to chapel a ship. See Chapel, v. t., 2.
  • To hold a chapel, to have a meeting of the men employed in a printing office, for the purpose of considering questions affecting their interests. [1913 Webster]