Chancel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The space around the altar of a church for the clergy and sometimes the choir, often enclosed by a lattice or railing.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.
  • n. All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Eccles., the inclosed space in a church surrounding the altar, and railed off from the choir; the sanctuary.
  • n. An inclosed space railed off in courts of judicature.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    area   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sanctuary    bema    apse   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    transept    nave    apse    choir    aisle   
     
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