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What (who) is Chancel - definition
AREA AROUND THE ALTAR OF A CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Presbytery (architecture); Chancels; Chancel arch; Priest's door; Priests' door; Sanctuary (around altar); Chancel of a Church
![Plan of a large [[Latin cross]] church, with the chancel ('''strict definition''') highlighted. This chancel terminates in a semicircular sanctuary in the [[apse]], and is separated from the curved walls to the east in the diagram by an [[ambulatory]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Binnenchor.svg?width=200 "Plan of a large [[Latin cross]] church, with the chancel ('''strict definition''') highlighted. This chancel terminates in a semicircular sanctuary in the [[apse]], and is separated from the curved walls to the east in the diagram by an [[ambulatory]].")
![View from the nave of the chancel of [[Condom Cathedral]] in France, with ambulatories and two altars, the modern one in the choir](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cathédrale Condom Choeur BLS.jpg?width=200 "View from the nave of the chancel of [[Condom Cathedral]] in France, with ambulatories and two altars, the modern one in the choir")
![Episcopal]] [[Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)]], USA, designed by master [[blacksmith]] [[Samuel Yellin]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iron gates designed by Samuel Yellin at Church of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont, Pennsylvania, USA.jpg?width=200 "Episcopal]] [[Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)]], USA, designed by master [[blacksmith]] [[Samuel Yellin]]")
![St Peter's, [[Lilley, Hertfordshire]] a medium-sized English church showing the nave, chancel arch, and a chancel with choir and sanctuary](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St Peter, Lilley, Herts - Chancel - geograph.org.uk - 472198.jpg?width=200 "St Peter's, [[Lilley, Hertfordshire]] a medium-sized English church showing the nave, chancel arch, and a chancel with choir and sanctuary")
Chancel
·vt That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.
II. Chancel ·vt All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front.
chancel
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¦ 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.
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. cancelli 'crossbars'.
chancel
(chancels)
The chancel is the part of a church containing the altar, where the clergy and the choir usually sit.
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Chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.
Examples of use of Chancel
1. I was sitting in the chancel with about 100 Anglican laity, choristers and clergy.
2. Their blooms and glossy green leaves outlined the chancel arch in long columns.
3. "We have been forced to chancel the flights because the leaders of the prayer groups announced that the are unwilling to travel," Air Zena‘s chief executive said.
4. A big SDC chancel has been built and inaugurated in time to make the Christmas day a full joy for SDC members and give the church a new position in the national religion, said the senior SDC cleric.