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Definition of Chancel
1. Noun. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing.
Generic synonyms: Area
Terms within: Choir
Group relationships: Church, Church Building
Definition of Chancel
1. n. That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.
Definition of Chancel
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chancel
1. an area around a church altar [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chancel
Literary usage of Chancel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In the Church of England, however, the word chancel survived the Reformation,
and is applied, both in the ecclesiastical and the architectural sense, ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1890)
"side of the chancel. There is another that corresponds to it on the north side.
III. At Croft church, Yorkshire, there is a small square.headed window on ..."
3. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"chancel. That portion of a church set apart for the use of the clergy, and where the
... The chancel is often divided into two parts — the choir and the ..."
4. Transactions by East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society (1903)
"On the north chancel pier, about the level of the top of the pew, ... On this
same side of the chancel arch we see the built-up doorway which led to the ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"When the rood was exceptionally large or heavy, its weight was sometimes taken
partly by wrought- iron rood-chains depending from the chancel arch, ..."
6. The Parson's Handbook: Containing Practical Directions Both for Parsons and by Percy Dearmer (1902)
"In most old churches there is only a difference of one step, in others chancel
and nave are on the same level, in some there is even a descent of one step ..."
7. The Gentleman's Magazine (1864)
"In the chancel, both on the north and south sides at the western part, the walls
present the ... The windows iu the chancel are modern or reconstructed. ..."
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