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cancellus

cancellus noun: a barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.

Noun

cancellus (plural cancelli)

  1. A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.
  2. One of the interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, especially in their articular extremities.

cancellus meaning in Tamil

cancellus in Tamil

கட்டமைப்பு, என்பணிக்கோவை, அணிக்கோவைக் கட்டமைப்பு

Forms of cancellus

pluralcancelli

Origin of cancellus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cancellus (“little crab”). Doublet of chancel.

Questions about cancellus

What does cancellus mean?
Cancellus means a barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.
What is cancellus in Tamil?
Cancellus in Tamil is கட்டமைப்பு, என்பணிக்கோவை, அணிக்கோவைக் கட்டமைப்பு. See Cancellus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cancellus?
Cancellus is a noun.
What is the plural of cancellus?
The plural of cancellus is cancelli.

Words near cancellus in the dictionary

  1. cancelling
  2. cancelling out
  3. cancelling someone's Christmas
  4. cancellous
  5. cancells
  6. cancellus
  7. cancelment
  8. cancelments
  9. cancelous
  10. cancels
  11. cancels out

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