chancel
1
9.8
- noun
- /ˈtʃænsl/
:
presbiterio
- The return of the clean cloths likewise occurred at the chancel.
- chancel screen
- chancel arrangement
- chancel area
Examples
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Both its main space and chancel would be pendentive-domed.
Academic text (2015) -
Parts of a medieval Doom painting over the chancel arch are still visible.
Academic text (2016) -
Carved on the chancel arch, the figure is part of a series of motifs.
Academic text (2000) -
The clergy were to remove the linens from the altar, carry them to the chancel screens, and hand them over to the selected women.
Academic text (2018) -
Here, chancel screens play an important pictorial role in establishing zones of hierarchy.
Academic text (1992) -
Most chancel screens are significantly present in apsidal structures and are often late additions to the synagogue.
Academic text (1992) -
St. Patrick's, with its Romanesque stone chancel, nave, and bell tower, was the center of much of the hamlet's life.
Fiction book (1998) -
The chancel smelled vaguely of candle wax and pine branches, even though it wasn't Christmas.
Fiction book (1994) -
Kelso also found that at least six high-status colonists were buried in the church's chancel, an area near the altar where important rites would have been performed.
Academic text (2011) -
The priest stood at the front of the chancel while delivering his sermon to the congregation.
Synonyms
55
5.5
A holy part of a religious building around the altar
How Complex
4
1.0
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
9.3
1
9.8
- Specialized
2
9.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chancel comes from the Latin word cancellus, meaning 'lattice' or 'small barrier'. In old churches a low screen or rail marked off the area near the altar, and that screened space became known as the chancel.