[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ease \ease\ =ez, n. oe. ese, eise, f. aise; akin to pr.
   ais, aise, oit. asio, it. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. l.
   ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. cf. agio, disease.
   1. satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation;
      entertainment. obs.
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            they him besought
            of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. --chaucer.
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   2. freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as:
      a relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation;
          as, ease of body.
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                usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease.
                                                  --herbert.
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                give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching.
                                                  --swift.
      b freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys
          or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security;
          as, ease of mind.
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                among these nations shalt thou find no ease.
                                                  --deut.
                                                  xxviii. 65.
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                take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
                                                  --luke xii.
                                                  19.
      c freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty,
          embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness;
          -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of
          behavior, of address.
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                true ease in writing comes from art, not chance.
                                                  --pope.
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                whate'er he did was done with so much ease,
                in him alone 't was natural to please. --dryden.
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   at ease, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. "his soul
      shall dwell at ease." --ps. xxv. 12.

   chapel of ease. see under chapel.

   ill at ease, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious.
      

   to stand at ease mil., to stand in a comfortable attitude
      in one's place in the ranks.

   with ease, easily; without much effort.

   syn: rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquillity;
        facility; easiness; readiness.
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see also:
agio disease at ease chapel of ease chapel ill at ease 
to stand at ease with ease 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chapel \chap"el\, n. of. chapele, f. chapelle, fr. ll. capella,
   orig., a short cloak, hood, or cowl; later, a reliquary,
   sacred vessel, chapel; dim. of cappa, capa, cloak, cape,
   cope; also, a covering for the head. the chapel where st.
   martin's cloak was preserved as a precious relic, itself came
   to be called capella, whence the name was applied to similar
   paces of worship, and the guardian of this cloak was called
   capellanus, or chaplain. see cap, and cf. chaplain.,
   chaplet.
   1. a subordinate place of worship; as,
      a a small church, often a private foundation, as for a
          memorial;
      b a small building attached to a church;
      c a room or recess in a church, containing an altar.
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   note: in catholic churches, and also in cathedrals and abbey
         churches, chapels are usually annexed in the recesses
         on the sides of the aisles. --gwilt.
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   2. a place of worship not connected with a church; as, the
      chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.
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   3. in england, a place of worship used by dissenters from the
      established church; a meetinghouse.
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   4. a choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court
      of a prince or nobleman.
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   5. print.
      a a printing office, said to be so called because
          printing was first carried on in england in a chapel
          near westminster abbey.
      b an association of workmen in a printing office.
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   chapel of ease.
      a a chapel or dependent church built for the ease or a
          accommodation of an increasing parish, or for
          parishioners who live at a distance from the principal
          church.
      b a privy. law

   chapel master, a director of music in a chapel; the
      director of a court or orchestra.

   to build a chapel naut., to chapel a ship. see chapel,
      v. t., 2.

   to hold a chapel, to have a meeting of the men employed in
      a printing office, for the purpose of considering
      questions affecting their interests.
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see also:
cap chaplain chaplet chapel of ease chapel master to build a chapel 
chapel to hold a chapel 

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