English Explanatory Dictionary

chancel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The entire end of the church in which the altar stands, including the apse and the ambulatory.
  3. A certain central portion of that end of the church, excluding the apse and the ambulatory.
name
  1. A surname

Pronunciation

/ˈtʃɑːnsəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chancel.wav /ˈt͡ʃænsəl/

Word forms

chancel chancels chauncel

Etymology

From Old French chancel. Doublet of cancellus.

Synonyms

presbytery sanctuary apse[Appendix:Glossary

Related words

chancellor chanceller chancellory chancellery apse ambulatory

Derived words

chancel organ chancel repair liability

Translations

Armenian: սրբարան Armenian: երիցունք Basque: koru Basque: presbiterio Breton: kañsell Bulgarian: презвитериум Catalan: presbiteri Czech: kněžiště Czech: presbytář Danish: kor Dutch: priesterkoor Dutch: hoogkoor Esperanto: antaŭaltaro Estonian: kantsel Estonian: kooriruum Finnish: kuori French: chancel French: clôture de chœur German: Altarraum Greek: ιερό Hungarian: presbitérium Irish: saingeal Irish: córlann Irish: preispitéir Italian: presbiterio Latvian: prezbitērija Lithuanian: prezbiterija Macedonian: олтар Manx: carrick Norwegian: kor Polish: prezbiterium Portuguese: presbitério Romanian: prezbiteriu Russian: пресвите́рий Russian: хор Scottish Gaelic: seansal Serbo-Croatian: презвитериум Serbo-Croatian: светиња Serbo-Croatian: хор Serbo-Croatian: prezbiterium Serbo-Croatian: svetinja Serbo-Croatian: hor Slovak: presbytár Slovak: kňazište Slovak: chór Slovene: prezbiterij Slovene: kor Spanish: presbiterio Swedish: kor Ukrainian: вівтар Ukrainian: хор Ukrainian: пресбітерій Welsh: cangell
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