chancel

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtʃɑːnsəl/    美 /ˈt͡ʃænsəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
    — Holonyms: church, cathedral
  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.; The entire end of the church in which the altar stands, including the apse and the ambulatory. broadly
    — Meronyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse, ambulatory
  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.; A certain central portion of that end of the church, excluding the apse and the ambulatory.

词形变化

chancels plural chauncel alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
chancel organ chancel repair liability
相关词
chancellor chanceller chancellory chancellery

词源

From Old French chancel. Doublet of cancellus.
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