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English Dictionary: chapel of ease	by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ease \Ease\, 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.] They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. --Chaucer. 2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body. Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease. --Herbert. 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. Among these nations shalt thou find no ease. --Deut. xxviii. 65. 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. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. --Pope. Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please. --Dryden. {At ease}, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. [bd]His soul shall dwell at ease.[b8] --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; tranquility; facility; easiness; readiness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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. 2. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison. 3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse. 4. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman. 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. {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.