chancel

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Sinonieme

sanctuary

bema

altar

presbytery

sanctum

altar screen

quire

apsis

temple

bethel

choir

shrine

Vertalings

chancel

Altarraum

presbiterio

chœur

sanctuaire

ιερό

altare

Presbyterium

Altar

Chor

chœur liturgique

abside

autel

canonica

presbiteri

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈtʃɑːnsəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Old French chancel. Doublet of cancellus.