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What is the difference between a church and a chapel?

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A Chapel is a place for worship which is smaller than the Church and is generally used when the attendance is small.

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a chapel is a small church, which you might find in a small town, village, or hamlet (a hamlet is a gathering of houses with no services), or when there are not many people in the area to attend

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