Plural form of chapelry; multiple territorial divisions or jurisdictions served by a chapel.
From chapelry (chapel plus -ry, meaning 'office or domain') pluralized with -ies; follows the pattern of 'bakery/bakeries'.
Medieval parishes were divided into smaller units called chapelries, creating a patchwork of religious territories—you could stand at a boundary and be in two different spiritual jurisdictions!
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