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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- chauncel (archaic)
Etymology[edit]
From Old French chancel. Doublet of cancellus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑːnsəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃænsəl/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnsəl, -ænsəl
Noun[edit]
chancel (plural chancels)
- 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.
- 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “[The Historie of Irelande […].] The Thirde Booke of the Historie of Ireland, Comprising the Raigne of Henry the Eyght: [...].”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, pages 77–78, column 2:
- The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of ye Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon[sic – meaning random] uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict[1]:
- 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.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
space around the altar in a church
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See also[edit]
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French chancel, from Latin cancellus.
Noun[edit]
chancel m (plural chancels)
Further reading[edit]
- “chancel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
chancel oblique singular, m (oblique plural chanceaus or chanceax or chanciaus or chanciax or chancels, nominative singular chanceaus or chanceax or chanciaus or chanciax or chancels, nominative plural chancel)
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