chancel
/ˈt͡ʃænsəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.73 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The space around the altar in a church or cathedral, 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.
noun
The space around the altar in a church or cathedral, 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.
noun
The space around the altar in a church or cathedral, 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.
name
A surname
Example Sentences
- "Holonyms: church, cathedral"
- "Near-synonyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse (all broadly synonymous)"
- "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."
- "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."
- "Meronyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse, ambulatory"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: chancel
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈt͡ʃænsəl/
- British English: /ˈtʃɑːnsəl/