chancel

Meaning of chancel

noun

the part of a church near the altar, reserved for the clergy and choir, and typically separated from the nave by steps or a screen.

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin cancelli ‘crossbars’.

Information about chancel

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of chancel is: chancels.
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Hyphenation of chancel

chan-cel

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • chancel is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

chancel synonyms

Meaning sanctuary:

sanctuary, bema

Translation of chancel

Words that rhyme with chancel

Ancel, Carabancel, cancel, precancel, rancel, recancel, spancel, subchancel, tancel, pencel, Incel, Septmoncel, lioncel, pennoncel, penoncel, auncel

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