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Chape
(gcide) | Chape \Chape\, n. [F., a churchman's cope, a cover, a chape, fr.
L. cappa. See Cap.]
1. The piece by which an object is attached to something, as
the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a
buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.
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2. The transverse guard of a sword or dagger.
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3. The metal plate or tip which protects the end of a
scabbard, belt, etc. --Knight.
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chapel
(mass) | chapel
- kaplnka |
chaperone
(mass) | chaperone
- ochranný sprievodca, dozor, robiť dozor |
chapeau
(encz) | chapeau, |
chapeaux
(encz) | chapeaux, |
chapel
(encz) | chapel,kaple chapel,modlitebna n: Zdeněk Brož |
chapel service
(encz) | chapel service, n: |
chapelgoer
(encz) | chapelgoer, n: |
chapels
(encz) | chapels,kapličky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
chaperon
(encz) | chaperon,ochranný průvodce Zdeněk Brož |
chaperonage
(encz) | chaperonage, |
chaperone
(encz) | chaperone,ochranný průvodce Zdeněk Brož |
funeral chapel
(encz) | funeral chapel, n: |
lady chapel
(encz) | lady chapel, n: |
side chapel
(encz) | side chapel, n: |
unchaperoned
(encz) | unchaperoned, |
Antechapel
(gcide) | Antechapel \An"te*chap`el\, n.
The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other
chapel. --Shipley.
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Chapeau
(gcide) | Chapeau \Cha`peau"\, n.; pl. Chapeux. [F., fr. OF. chapel hat.
See Chaplet.]
1. A hat or covering for the head.
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2. (Her.) A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance.
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Chapeau bras[F. chapeau hat + bras arm], a hat so made that
it can be compressed and carried under the arm without
injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress
occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras
is now worn in the United States army by general and staff
officers.
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Chapeau bras
(gcide) | Chapeau \Cha`peau"\, n.; pl. Chapeux. [F., fr. OF. chapel hat.
See Chaplet.]
1. A hat or covering for the head.
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2. (Her.) A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance.
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Chapeau bras[F. chapeau hat + bras arm], a hat so made that
it can be compressed and carried under the arm without
injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress
occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras
is now worn in the United States army by general and staff
officers.
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Chaped
(gcide) | Chaped \Chaped\, p. p. or a.
Furnished with a chape or chapes. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Chapel
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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2. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the
chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.
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3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the
Established Church; a meetinghouse.
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4. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court
of a prince or nobleman.
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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.
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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]Chapel \Chap"el\, v. t.
1. To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.
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2. (Naut.) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so
to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing
the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.
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Chapel master
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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2. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the
chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.
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3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the
Established Church; a meetinghouse.
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4. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court
of a prince or nobleman.
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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.
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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.
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Chapel of ease
(gcide) | 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.]
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They him besought
Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. --Chaucer.
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2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as:
(a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation;
as, ease of body.
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Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease.
--Herbert.
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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.
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Among these nations shalt thou find no ease.
--Deut.
xxviii. 65.
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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.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.
--Pope.
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Whate'er he did was done with so much ease,
In him alone 't was natural to please. --Dryden.
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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]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.
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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.
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2. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the
chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.
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3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the
Established Church; a meetinghouse.
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4. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court
of a prince or nobleman.
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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.
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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.
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Chapeless
(gcide) | Chapeless \Chape"less\, a.
Without a chape.
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Chapelet
(gcide) | Chapelet \Chap"e*let\, n. [F. See Chaplet.]
1. A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and
fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after
they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.
[Written also chaplet.]
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2. A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.
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Chapellanies
(gcide) | Chapellany \Chap"el*la*ny\, n.; pl. Chapellanies. [Cf. E.
chapellenie, LL. capellania. See Chaplain.]
A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate
ecclesiastical foundation.
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Chapellany
(gcide) | Chapellany \Chap"el*la*ny\, n.; pl. Chapellanies. [Cf. E.
chapellenie, LL. capellania. See Chaplain.]
A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate
ecclesiastical foundation.
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Chapelry
(gcide) | Chapelry \Chap"el*ry\, n. [Cf. OF. chapelerie.]
The territorial district legally assigned to a chapel.
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Chaperon
(gcide) | Chaperon \Chap"er*on\, n. [F. chaperon. See Chape, Cape,
Cap.]
1. A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood.
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His head and face covered with a chaperon, out of
which there are but two holes to look through.
--Howell.
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2. A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the
hearse in pompous funerals.
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3. A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for
propriety, or as a guide and protector.
[1913 Webster]Chaperon \Chap"er*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chaperoned; p. pr.
& vb. n. Chaperoning.] [Cf. F. chaperonner, fr. chaperon.]
To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to
matronize.
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Fortunately Lady Bell Finley, whom I had promised to
chaperon, sent to excuse herself. --Hannah More.
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Chaperonage
(gcide) | Chaperonage \Chap"er*on`age\, n.
Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection
afforded by a chaperon.
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Chaperoned
(gcide) | Chaperon \Chap"er*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chaperoned; p. pr.
& vb. n. Chaperoning.] [Cf. F. chaperonner, fr. chaperon.]
To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to
matronize.
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Fortunately Lady Bell Finley, whom I had promised to
chaperon, sent to excuse herself. --Hannah More.
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Chaperoning
(gcide) | Chaperon \Chap"er*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chaperoned; p. pr.
& vb. n. Chaperoning.] [Cf. F. chaperonner, fr. chaperon.]
To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to
matronize.
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Fortunately Lady Bell Finley, whom I had promised to
chaperon, sent to excuse herself. --Hannah More.
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Chapeux
(gcide) | Chapeau \Cha`peau"\, n.; pl. Chapeux. [F., fr. OF. chapel hat.
See Chaplet.]
1. A hat or covering for the head.
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2. (Her.) A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance.
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Chapeau bras[F. chapeau hat + bras arm], a hat so made that
it can be compressed and carried under the arm without
injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress
occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras
is now worn in the United States army by general and staff
officers.
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Free chapel
(gcide) | Free \Free\ (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. Freer (-[~e]r); superl.
Freest (-[e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre['o], fr[imac];
akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[imac], G. frei, Icel.
fr[imac], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija
beloved, dear, fr. pr[imac] to love, Goth. frij[=o]n. Cf.
Affray, Belfry, Friday, Friend, Frith inclosure.]
1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under
restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's
own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's
own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.
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That which has the power, or not the power, to
operate, is that alone which is or is not free.
--Locke.
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2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject
only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and
defended by them from encroachments upon natural or
acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
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3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control
of parents, guardian, or master.
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4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest;
liberated; at liberty to go.
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Set an unhappy prisoner free. --Prior.
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5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable
of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said
of the will.
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Not free, what proof could they have given sincere
Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love.
--Milton.
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6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
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My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. --Dryden.
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7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved;
ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
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He was free only with a few. --Milward.
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8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a
bad sense.
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The critics have been very free in their censures.
--Felton.
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A man may live a free life as to wine or women.
--Shelley.
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9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish;
as, free with his money.
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10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or
troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; --
followed by from, or, rarely, by of.
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Princes declaring themselves free from the
obligations of their treaties. --Bp. Burnet.
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11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming;
easy.
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12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping;
spirited; as, a free horse.
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13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying
certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special
rights; -- followed by of.
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He therefore makes all birds, of every sect,
Free of his farm. --Dryden.
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14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed
without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed,
engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to
be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.
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Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free
For me as for you? --Shak.
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15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous;
spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
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16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending
individual rights against encroachment by any person or
class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a
government, institutions, etc.
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17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of
base; as, free service; free socage. --Burrill.
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18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common;
as, a free fishery; a free warren. --Burrill.
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19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated;
dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free
carbonic acid gas; free cells.
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Free agency, the capacity or power of choosing or acting
freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will.
Free bench (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold
lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds.
Free board (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and
gunwale.
Free bond (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or
bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical.
Free-borough men (O.Eng. Law). See Friborg.
Free chapel (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the
jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the
king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.]
--Bouvier.
Free charge (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or
statical condition; free electricity.
Free church.
(a) A church whose sittings are for all and without
charge.
(b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of
Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the
government in spiritual matters.
Free city, or Free town, a city or town independent in
its government and franchises, as formerly those of the
Hanseatic league.
Free cost, freedom from charges or expenses. --South.
Free and easy, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of
formalities. [Colloq.] "Sal and her free and easy ways."
--W. Black.
Free goods, goods admitted into a country free of duty.
Free labor, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from
that of slaves.
Free port. (Com.)
(a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free
of custom duty.
(b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from
ships of all nations at equal rates of duty.
Free public house, in England, a tavern not belonging to a
brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer
or purchase where he chooses. --Simmonds.
Free school.
(a) A school to which pupils are admitted without
discrimination and on an equal footing.
(b) A school supported by general taxation, by
endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for
tuition; a public school.
Free services (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were
not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to
perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum
of money, etc. --Burrill.
Free ships, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war
are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods.
Free socage (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain
services which, though honorable, were not military.
--Abbott.
Free States, those of the United States before the Civil
War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never
existed.
Free stuff (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff.
Free thought, that which is thought independently of the
authority of others.
Free trade, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff
regulations.
Free trader, one who believes in free trade.
To make free with, to take liberties with; to help one's
self to. [Colloq.]
To sail free (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in
as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the
wind.
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funeral chapel
(gcide) | funeral home \fu"ner*al home`\, n.
An establishment, usually commercial, where the bodies of
dead persons are prepared for viewing before burial or
cremation; called also funeral parlor, mortuary, {funeral
chapel} and informally, undertaker's. The body may or may
not be preserved by embalming before viewing or burial, and
in some cases the body is not exposed for viewing, though
present in a casket. Often, some form of memorial service is
held for the deceased at the funeral home, where friends and
relatives may come to pay their respects to the dead, and
express condolence to the family. The work of preparation of
the body and many other arrangements related to the funeral
and burial are carried out by an undertaker or mortician who
manages the funeral home.
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Lady chapel
(gcide) | Lady \La"dy\ (l[=a]"d[y^]), n.; pl. Ladies (l[=a]"d[i^]z).
[OE. ladi, l[ae]fdi, AS. hl[=ae]fdige, hl[=ae]fdie; AS.
hl[=a]f loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to
E. dairy. See Loaf, and cf. Lord.]
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1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family;
a mistress; the female head of a household.
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Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou,
and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the
face of Sara my lady. --Wyclif (Gen.
xvi. 8.).
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2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress;
-- a feminine correlative of lord. "Lord or lady of high
degree." --Lowell.
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Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, .
. .
We make thee lady. --Shak.
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3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was
paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a
sweetheart.
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The soldier here his wasted store supplies,
And takes new valor from his lady's eyes. --Waller.
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4. A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a
title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is
not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a
nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or
knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by
right.
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5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman;
-- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
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6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. --Goldsmith.
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7. Hence: Any woman; as, a lounge for ladies; a cleaning
lady; also used in combination; as, saleslady.
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8. (Zool.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a
lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a
seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.
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Ladies' man, a man who affects the society of ladies.
Lady altar, an altar in a lady chapel. --Shipley.
Lady chapel, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Lady court, the court of a lady of the manor.
Lady crab (Zool.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab
(Platyonichus ocellatus) very common on the sandy shores
of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Lady fern. (Bot.) See Female fern, under Female, and
Illust. of Fern.
Lady in waiting, a lady of the queen's household, appointed
to wait upon or attend the queen.
Lady Mass, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary.
--Shipley.
Lady of the manor, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor;
also, the wife of a manor lord.
Lady's maid, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a
lady. --Thackeray.
Our Lady, the Virgin Mary.
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Sistine chapel
(gcide) | Sistine \Sis"tine\, a.[It. sistino.]
Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.
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Sistine chapel, a chapel in the Vatican at Rome, built by
Pope Sixtus IV., and decorated with frescoes by Michael
Angelo and others.
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To build a chapel
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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2. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the
chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.
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3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the
Established Church; a meetinghouse.
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4. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court
of a prince or nobleman.
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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.
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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.
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To hold a chapel
(gcide) | 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.
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3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the
Established Church; a meetinghouse.
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4. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court
of a prince or nobleman.
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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.
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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.
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aix-la-chapelle
(wn) | Aix-la-Chapelle
n 1: a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian
borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital
[syn: Aachen, Aken, Aix-la-Chapelle] |
chapeau
(wn) | chapeau
n 1: headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has
shaped crown and usually a brim [syn: hat, chapeau,
lid] |
chapel
(wn) | chapel
n 1: a place of worship that has its own altar
2: a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own
altar; "he was late for chapel" [syn: chapel service,
chapel] |
chapel hill
(wn) | Chapel Hill
n 1: a town in central North Carolina; site of the University of
North Carolina |
chapel service
(wn) | chapel service
n 1: a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own
altar; "he was late for chapel" [syn: chapel service,
chapel] |
chapelgoer
(wn) | chapelgoer
n 1: a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church
of England [syn: Nonconformist, chapelgoer] [ant:
Anglican] |
chaperon
(wn) | chaperon
n 1: one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or
gatherings of young people [syn: chaperon, chaperone]
v 1: accompany as a chaperone [syn: chaperone, chaperon] |
chaperone
(wn) | chaperone
n 1: one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or
gatherings of young people [syn: chaperon, chaperone]
v 1: accompany as a chaperone [syn: chaperone, chaperon] |
funeral chapel
(wn) | funeral chapel
n 1: a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to
pay their last respects [syn: funeral home, {funeral
parlor}, funeral parlour, funeral chapel, {funeral
church}, funeral-residence] |
lady chapel
(wn) | lady chapel
n 1: a small chapel in a church; dedicated to the Virgin Mary |
side chapel
(wn) | side chapel
n 1: a small chapel off the side aisle of a church |
sistine chapel
(wn) | Sistine Chapel
n 1: the private chapel of the popes in Rome; it was built by
and named after Sixtus IV in 1473 |
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