PRIVATE CHAPEL
\pɹˈa͡ɪvət t͡ʃˈapə͡l], \pɹˈaɪvət tʃˈapəl], \p_ɹ_ˈaɪ_v_ə_t tʃ_ˈa_p_əl]\
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Chapels owned by private persons, and used by themselves and tlieir families, are called ' 'private," as opposed to chapels of case, which are built for the accommodation of particular districts within a parish, in ease of the original parish church. 2 Steph. Comm. 745
By Henry Campbell Black
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Arear
- To raise; set up; stir up. Backward; in or to the rear; behindhand. a-r[=e]r', adv. in the rear. [A.S. pfx. a-, on, to, and REAR.]