Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cancellus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: can-cel-lus
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.

noun

One of the interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, especially in their articular extremities.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cancellus (“little crab”). Doublet of chancel.

Inflected Forms

cancelli (plural)

Questions

What does cancellus mean?: A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.
Where does cancellus come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Latin cancellus (“little crab”). Doublet of chancel.

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