Definition of chancel Chancel

chan•cel

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Noun Plural: chancels
chancel - area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
		sanctuary, bema
		area a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"
		church building, church a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"

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Wiktionary

chancel (Noun)
The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

chancel (v. t.)
That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.
chancel (v. t.)
All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

chancel
The area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

chancel
chan′sel, n. the eastern part of a church, originally separated from the nave by a screen of lattice-work, so as to prevent general access thereto, though not to interrupt either sight or sound. [O. Fr.,—L. cancelli, lattices.]

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chancel, noun, singular of chancels.

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