What does freechapel mean?
Freechapel means (historical) A chapel founded by the king of England or built under a grant from the king, which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the local bishop or other ruling member of the clergy.
Freechapel
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Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Freechapel is a noun meaning (historical) A chapel founded by the king of England or built under a grant from the king, which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the local bishop or other ruling member of the clergy.
Meaning
(historical) A chapel founded by the king of England or built under a grant from the king, which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the local bishop or other ruling member of the clergy.
Example Sentences
The incumbent is called in old records Dean of the King's freechapel of St.Burian.
There is piece of land called chapel-yard, late parcel of the possessions of the priory of Hickling, where a freechapel stood formerly, of which I have no further account in any evidences that I have seen.
Radfield-Chapel, (Kent,) in the p. of Bapchild, had once a freechapel, the ruins of which are yet remaining; the lands of which were by K. Edw VI. given to John Bateman, whose successor gave it by will to John Bateman of Wormsell. The steeple of its Ch. is a sea-mark.
Word Forms
- freechapels
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include frithstow, established church, peculiar, gafolgelder, wee free, chambers.
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How do you use freechapel in a sentence?
The incumbent is called in old records Dean of the King's freechapel of St.Burian.
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