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chancel definition

chan·cel (c̸han′səl)

noun

the part of a church around the altar, usually at the east end, reserved for the use of the clergy and the choir: it is sometimes set off by a railing or screen

Etymology: ME chauncel < OFr chancel < LL cancellus < L cancelli, pl., lattices: see cancel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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