chapel royal

noun

plural chapels royal

1

: a chapel officially connected with the court of a Christian sovereign or attached to a royal palace

2

usually capitalized C&R : a Church of England establishment that consists usually of dean, subdean, canons, chaplains, and choir, some of whom attend the king, and is located with his court

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