capella — meaning in English

English meaning

• chapel noun A small place of worship, often attached to or part of a larger building such as a school, hospital, or castle.
• chaplain noun A clergy member or spiritual advisor formally attached to a school, hospital, prison, military unit, or similar institution rather than a church congregation.
• pastor noun A minister or priest who leads a church congregation.
• pouting noun The act or expression of sticking out the lips in displeasure or sulkiness.
• priest noun A person trained and ordained to lead religious services and rites in a church or temple.

Senses

capella is used for these senses in English:

• European plaice A commercially important flatfish of the species Pleuronectes platessa, native to European waters.
• chapel (UK) A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant.
• chaplain A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
• pastor (countable, Protestantism) A minister or priest in a church.
• plaice Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
• pouting A fish in the cod family (Gadidae), Trisopterus luscus.
• priest A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.

chapel — full definition

1. noun A small place of worship, often attached to or part of a larger building such as a school, hospital, or castle.
2. noun A room used for funeral services in a funeral home.

chaplain — full definition

1. noun A clergy member or spiritual advisor formally attached to a school, hospital, prison, military unit, or similar institution rather than a church congregation.
2. noun A non-religious counsellor who provides similar pastoral or emotional support in a secular setting.

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