chancel screen

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  • Chancel — • Part of the choir near the altar of a church, where the deacons or sub deacons stand to assist the officiating priest Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Chancel     Chancel      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • chancel — chanceled, chancelled, adj. /chan seuhl, chahn /, n. the space about the altar of a church, usually enclosed, for the clergy and other officials. [1275 1325; ME < MF < LL cancellus lattice, railing or screen before the altar of a church, L… …   Universalium

  • Chancel — area of Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, with raised level …   Wikipedia

  • chancel — [chan′səl] n. [ME chauncel < OFr chancel < LL cancellus < L cancelli, pl., lattices: see CANCEL] the part of a church around the altar, usually at the east end, reserved for the use of the clergy and the choir: it is sometimes set off by …   English World dictionary

  • Screen — Contents 1 Separation or partitioning 2 Filtration/selection processes 3 Media display …   Wikipedia

  • chancel — noun /ˈtʃɑːnsəl,ˈtʃænsəl/ 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. Syn: apse …   Wiktionary

  • Chancel —    That part of the Church building set apart as the place of the Clergy and others who minister in the Church service. It includes the Sanctuary where the Holy Communion is celebrated and the choir where the other offices are said. The Chancel… …   American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • chancel —    This word (from the Latin cancellus, meaning lattice ) refers to the area of a church around the altar that is reserved for the clergy and the choir; the chancel, which often has choir stalls, is usually separated from the rest of the church… …   Glossary of theological terms

  • Chancel — That part of a church for the use of *clergy and choir and kept separate and concealed from the lay congregation. The two parts were separated by a screen, a cancellus. [< Lat. cancellus = lattice] …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • chancel — [ tʃα:ns(ə)l] 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 …   English new terms dictionary

  • chancel — chan•cel [[t]ˈtʃæn səl, ˈtʃɑn [/t]] n. archit. the space around the altar of a church, usu. enclosed, for the use of the clergy and other officials • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < MF < LL cancellus lattice, railing or screen before the altar… …   From formal English to slang

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