| Pronunciation: | | 'chansul
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| Matching Terms: | | chance, chance event, chance on, chance upon, chance variable, chance(a), chanceable, chanceably, chanceful, chance-half correlation, chancellery, chancellor, chancellor of the exchequer, chancellorship, chancellorsville, chance-medley, chancery
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| | Definition: | | [n] area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing |
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| | Synonyms: | | bema, sanctuary |
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| | See Also: | | area, choir, church, church building |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Chan"cel\, n. [OF. chancel, F. chanceau, cancel, fr. L.
cancelli lattices, crossbars. (The chancel was formerly
inclosed with lattices or crossbars) See {Cancel}, v. t.]
(Arch.)
(a) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the
clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.
Hence, in modern use;
(b) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the
line of the transept farthest from the main front.
{Chancel aisle} (Arch.), the aisle which passes on either
side of or around the chancel.
{Chancel arch} (Arch.), the arch which spans the main
opening, leading to the chancel.
{Chancel casement}, the principal window in a chancel.
--Tennyson.
{Chancel table}, the communion table.
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| | Related Terms: | | ambry, apse, baptistery, blindstory, choir, cloisters, confessional, confessionary, crypt, diaconicon, diaconicum, Easter sepulcher, nave, porch, presbytery, rood loft, rood stair, rood tower, sacrarium, sacristy, transept, triforium, vestry |
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