name
Meaning 1
A surname
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
chancel
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɑːnsəl/
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US: /ˈt͡ʃænsəl/
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rhymes with -ɑːnsəl
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rhymes with -ænsəl
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Holonyms: church, cathedral
- Near-synonyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse (all broadly synonymous)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse[Appendix:Glossary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
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.
The entire end of the church in which the altar stands, including the apse and the ambulatory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
- Meronyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse, ambulatory
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse[Appendix:Glossary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
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.
A certain central portion of that end of the church, excluding the apse and the ambulatory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: precisely
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse[Appendix:Glossary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sanctuary, bema
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: area
History
Etymology
From Old French chancel. Doublet of cancellus.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: Chancel — Translations
- Armenian: սրբարան (srbaran) — space around the altar in a church
- Armenian: երիցունք (ericʻunkʻ) — space around the altar in a church
- Basque: koru — space around the altar in a church
- Basque: presbiterio — space around the altar in a church
- Breton: kañsell — space around the altar in a church
- Bulgarian: презвитериум (prezviterium) — space around the altar in a church
- Catalan: presbiteri — space around the altar in a church
- Czech: kněžiště — space around the altar in a church
- Czech: presbytář — space around the altar in a church
- Danish: kor — space around the altar in a church
- Dutch: priesterkoor — space around the altar in a church
- Dutch: hoogkoor — space around the altar in a church
- Esperanto: antaŭaltaro — space around the altar in a church
- Estonian: kantsel — space around the altar in a church
- Estonian: kooriruum — space around the altar in a church
- Finnish: kuori — space around the altar in a church
- French: chancel — space around the altar in a church
- French: clôture de chœur — space around the altar in a church
- German: Altarraum — space around the altar in a church
- Greek: ιερό (ieró) — space around the altar in a church
- Hungarian: presbitérium — space around the altar in a church
- Irish: saingeal — space around the altar in a church
- Irish: córlann — space around the altar in a church
- Irish: preispitéir — space around the altar in a church
- Italian: presbiterio — space around the altar in a church
- Latvian: prezbitērija — space around the altar in a church
- Lithuanian: prezbiterija — space around the altar in a church
- Macedonian: олтар (oltar) — space around the altar in a church
- Manx: carrick — space around the altar in a church
- Norwegian: kor — space around the altar in a church
- Polish: prezbiterium — space around the altar in a church
- Portuguese: presbitério — space around the altar in a church
- Romanian: prezbiteriu — space around the altar in a church
- Russian: пресвите́рий (presvitérij) — space around the altar in a church
- Russian: хор (xor) — space around the altar in a church
- Scottish Gaelic: seansal — space around the altar in a church
- Serbo-Croatian: презвитериум — space around the altar in a church
- Serbo-Croatian: светиња — space around the altar in a church
- Serbo-Croatian: хор — space around the altar in a church
- Serbo-Croatian: prezbiterium — space around the altar in a church
- Serbo-Croatian: svetinja — space around the altar in a church
- Serbo-Croatian: hor — space around the altar in a church
- Slovak: presbytár — space around the altar in a church
- Slovak: kňazište — space around the altar in a church
- Slovak: chór — space around the altar in a church
- Slovene: prezbiterij — space around the altar in a church
- Slovene: kor — space around the altar in a church
- Spanish: presbiterio — space around the altar in a church
- Swedish: kor — space around the altar in a church
- Ukrainian: вівтар (vivtar) — space around the altar in a church
- Ukrainian: хор (xor) — space around the altar in a church
- Ukrainian: пресбітерій (presbiterij) — space around the altar in a church
- Welsh: cangell — space around the altar in a church
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