'Chancel' definitions:
Definition of 'chancel'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Chancel'
From: GCIDE
- Chancel \Chan"cel\, n. [OF. chancel, F. chanceau, cancel, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars. (The chancel was formerly inclosed with lattices or crossbars) See Cancel, v. t.] (Arch.) (a) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed. Hence, in modern use; (b) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front. [1913 Webster]
- Chancel aisle (Arch.), the aisle which passes on either side of or around the chancel.
- Chancel arch (Arch.), the arch which spans the main opening, leading to the chancel.
- Chancel casement, the principal window in a chancel. --Tennyson.
- Chancel table, the communion table. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chancel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambry,
- apse,
- baptistery,
- blindstory,
- choir,
- cloisters,
- confessional,
- confessionary,
- crypt,
- diaconicon,
- diaconicum,
- Easter sepulcher,
- nave,
- porch,
- presbytery,
- rood loft,
- rood stair,
- rood tower,
- sacrarium,
- sacristy,
- transept,
- triforium,
- vestry