chancel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French chancel. Doublet of cancellus.
Inflected forms:
form: chancels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chauncel
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The space around the altar in a church or cathedral, 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.
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: church, cathedral
Near-synonyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse (all broadly synonymous)
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Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
gloss: The space around the altar in a church or cathedral, 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.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: Meronyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse, ambulatory
gloss: The space around the altar in a church or cathedral, 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.
pos: noun
Related words: chancellor
chanceller
chancellory
chancellery
Derived words: chancel organ
chancel repair liability
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: սրբարան
roman: srbaran
lang: Armenian
word: երիցունք
roman: ericʻunkʻ
lang: Basque
word: koru
lang: Basque
word: presbiterio
lang: Breton
word: kañsell
lang: Bulgarian
word: презвитериум
roman: prezviterium
lang: Catalan
word: presbiteri
lang: Czech
word: kněžiště
lang: Czech
word: presbytář
lang: Danish
word: kor
lang: Dutch
word: priesterkoor
lang: Dutch
word: hoogkoor
lang: Esperanto
word: antaŭaltaro
lang: Estonian
word: kantsel
lang: Estonian
word: kooriruum
lang: Finnish
word: kuori
lang: French
word: chancel
lang: French
word: clôture de chœur
lang: German
word: Altarraum
lang: Greek
word: ιερό
roman: ieró
lang: Hungarian
word: presbitérium
lang: Irish
word: saingeal
lang: Irish
word: córlann
lang: Irish
word: preispitéir
lang: Italian
word: presbiterio
lang: Latvian
word: prezbitērija
lang: Lithuanian
word: prezbiterija
lang: Macedonian
word: олтар
roman: oltar
lang: Manx
word: carrick
lang: Norwegian
word: kor
lang: Polish
word: prezbiterium
lang: Portuguese
word: presbitério
lang: Romanian
word: prezbiteriu
lang: Russian
word: пресвите́рий
roman: presvitérij
lang: Russian
word: хор
roman: xor
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: seansal
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: презвитериум
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: светиња
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: хор
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prezbiterium
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: svetinja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: hor
lang: Slovak
word: presbytár
lang: Slovak
word: kňazište
lang: Slovak
word: chór
lang: Slovene
word: prezbiterij
lang: Slovene
word: kor
lang: Spanish
word: presbiterio
lang: Swedish
word: kor
lang: Ukrainian
word: вівтар
roman: vivtar
lang: Ukrainian
word: хор
roman: xor
lang: Ukrainian
word: пресбітерій
roman: presbiterij
lang: Welsh
word: cangell