chancel
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
chancel
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- repair: Repairs and alterations The rector or patron was expected to repair the chancel, while parishioners repaired the nave.
- comprise: The old church comprised chancel, nave, a north chapel under a separate gable, ( fn.
- restore: The church was largely rebuilt in 1870 and the chancel much restored in 1874.
- divide: Mention should also be made of the wooden columns that divide the chancel from the Yale Chapel.
Adjective modifier
- apsidal: A small apsidal chancel had been added in 1870.
- 14th: Beyond it, the grand 14th century chancel, rudely filling almost the entire east end of the graveyard.
- 13th: BACK Interior of the church looking from the 13th Century chancel to the nave.
- narrow: Architecture The church consists of a nave and slightly narrower chancel, a west tower and a south vestry.
- Victorian: Finally, step up into the wholly Victorian chancel.
- north: Wall marks indicate where memorials were formerly set on either side of the window, these now removed to north chancel.
Modifies a noun
- arch: Above the chancel arch, there is a doom painting.
- aisle: The chancel aisles have four bays, the fourth also belonging to the retrochoir.
- roof: Chancel roof consists of sheets of lead on concrete.
- chapel: In the south chancel chapel is the famous St Edmund bench end, attached to a modern bench.
- arcade: The oldest part of the present building is the north chancel arcade.
- wall: The chancel walls are of rough stone with dressed stone around the openings.
Preposition: of
- church: Jenner was buried on 3 February 1823 in the chancel of the parish church of Berkeley.
Preposition: from
- nave: Four steps up to chancel from nave, one step up to sanctuary.
Preposition: with
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