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Understanding Chapels and Their Significance

This quiz tests knowledge about chapels, their historical context, and their significance in various religious and military settings.

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1 Ambassador's Chapel - originally created to allow ambassadors from Catholic countries to worship whilst on duty in ________ countries.

2 A chapel is a building used by ________, members of other religions, and sometimes interfaith communities, as a place of fellowship and worship.

3 [1] Many military installations have chapels for the use of military personnel, normally under the leadership of a ________.

4 Most larger churches had one or more secondary ________, which if they occupied a distinct space, would often be called a chapel.

5 The word "chapel" is derived from a ________ of Saint Martin of Tours: traditional stories about Martin relate that while he was still a soldier, he cut his military cloak in half to give part to a beggar in need.

6 Until the ________, a chapel denoted a place of worship that was either at a secondary location that was not the main responsibility of the local parish priest, or that belonged to a person or institution.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Upper Brook Street Chapel in Manchester, designed by Sir Charles Barry shortly before he designed the Palace of Westminster, is said to be the first neogothic Nonconformist chapel.
  • the adobe chapel built by Tomas Alvarado on the eastern third of Rancho Monserate in California is the only 1870s structure still standing.
  • the conditions at the chapel of St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn (pictured) in 1703 protected the unburied Duke Eugène de Croÿ from decaying and his body became an attraction remaining on display until 1897.
  • the Ioan Slavici National College in Satu Mare, Romania, has a 200-seat chapel on its campus.
  • the Mexican town of Tlalmanalco has one of the few remaining intact open-air chapels (pictured) built for native people who would not enter churches.
  • John Prideaux Lightfoot commissioned the Adoration of the Magi tapestry (detail pictured) from Morris & Co. for the Gothic revival chapel at Exeter College, but died before it was completed.
  • William Wroth founded the first independent chapel in Wales in 1639, after he refused to obey King Charles' instruction to allow sports to be played on Sundays.
  • Cheshire landowner Rowland Egerton-Warburton arranged for his house, Arley Hall, to be designed in Tudor style while the chapel was designed in Gothic style.
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