chapel of ease

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.
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      (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.
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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.
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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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