chancel
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See also: Chancel
English
Alternative forms
- chauncel (archaic)
Etymology
From Old French chancel. Doublet of cancellus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑːnsəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃænsəl/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnsəl, -ænsəl
Noun
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 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: 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 uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images.
- 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
- 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
Derived terms
Translations
space around the altar in a church
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See also
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old French chancel, from Latin cancellus.
Noun
chancel m (plural chancels)
Further reading
- “chancel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
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)