chancel

Speech parts

1. chancel - Noun

2. chancel - Verb

3. Chancel - Proper noun

Meaning

That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.

All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sanctuary presbytery bema choir apse cathedral presbyterian minster church chapel nave choirmaster consistory sanctum altar
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Antonyms

secular fatality public place

Hypernyms

area

Phrases with the word

chancel screen chancel table

Examples

That night your great guns, unawares, Shook all our coffins as we lay, And broke the chancel window-squares, We thought it was the Judgement Day. Thomas Hardy

A baptismal font will be located either at the entrance or near the chancel area. Source: Internet

As an example, below is the groundplan of Kirkstall Abbey, one of the best preserved.sfn Kirkstall Abbey The church is of the Cistercian type, with a short chancel (3), and transepts (4) with three eastward chapels to each, divided by solid walls. Source: Internet

He was a faithful member of Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church, where he served as Sunday school teacher, deacon, member of many committees, youth leader, and a tenor in the Chancel Choir. Source: Internet

History The church chancel with Easter decoration A photograph of Mission San Juan Bautista taken between 1880 and 1910. Source: Internet

In the case of Santo Spirito, which is entirely regular in plan, transepts and chancel are identical, while the nave is an extended version of these. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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