chapelry

English

Etymology

From Old French chapelerie, corresponding to chapel +‎ -ry.

Noun

chapelry (plural chapelries)

1. The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.
   • 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 59:

     Similarly in the many large parishes, the curates in the outlying chapelries became financially dependent on their congregations.