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chancels

chancels is the plural of chancel.

Meaning of chancel

Noun

chancel (plural chancels)

  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
    Synonyms:
    presbytery, sanctuary, apse[Appendix:Glossary
    1. (broadly) The entire end of the church in which the altar stands, including the apse and the ambulatory.
      • Meronyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse, ambulatory
    2. (precisely) A certain central portion of that end of the church, excluding the apse and the ambulatory.

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Proper noun capitalized: Chancels

Chancels

  1. (plural) plural of Chancel

Questions about chancels

What is chancels the plural of?
Chancels is the plural of chancel.
What part of speech is chancels?
Chancels is a proper noun.

Words near chancels in the dictionary

  1. chancelors
  2. chancelour
  3. chancelours
  4. chancelries
  5. chancelry
  6. chancels
  7. chancely
  8. chancemedley
  9. chancemedleys
  10. chancer
  11. chanceries

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