Definition of "chapel of ease" []

• A chapel built in a remote part of a parish to meet the needs of those who live far from the parish church. (noun)

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• "; and followed the money-changer, till he entered his house, when he threw the bag on a shelf406 and, being affected with diabetes, went into the chapel of ease to do his want, calling to the slave-girl, “Bring me an ewer of water.”"