Chancel

What do we mean by chancel?

The space around the altar of a church for the clergy and sometimes the choir, often enclosed by a lattice or railing. noun

Eccles., the inclosed space in a church surrounding the altar, and railed off from the choir; the sanctuary. noun

An inclosed space railed off in courts of judicature. noun

That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed. noun

All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front. noun

The aisle which passes on either side of or around the chancel. noun

The arch which spans the main opening, leading to the chancel. noun

The principal window in a chancel. noun

The communion table. noun

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. noun

Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing noun

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.

Chancel can be used in almost any context. It is most commonly used as a merit for a good deed done, or a super awesome acomplisment. It can also be used to compliment an act of kindness. Urban Dictionary

Fun loving girl who can get on your nerves. French word from the root elle meaning beautiful. Urban Dictionary

Verb. Big decision making and day-to-day actions taken by a university president known as chancellor. Urban Dictionary

A really beautiful person who due to his positive atitude has lots of people around him. This also results into fake friends, wich, trought time, he has learnt to identify and deal with. The friends that he does have, have been carefully chosen and share the same level as respect as him. He is great at showing respect and thus is or will be very succesfull in life. Urban Dictionary

It can mean a range of things from ‘Goodbye’ to ‘Fuck it’ depending on the situation. Urban Dictionary

A person with the upmost highest rizz in the universe. Named after Chanceller. Also known as the god of rizz. Urban Dictionary

A girl that will stay in for a horror movie, loves music and treats her peers like she treats herself. A beautiful soul, and adores the outdoors. She spends most of her free time on Netflix. Although, when you get her angry, she turns into a whole other person. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to chancel:
chancel, chance, channel, cancel, chanel, chancer, chances, chanced, chancey, chantel.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word chancel:
sedilia, piscina, vestry, reredos, encaustic, nave, aisle, aisles, transept, tracery, clerestory, lectern, rood, lancet, apse, porch, embattled, pews, pulpit, arch, chamfered, sacristy, alabaster, doorway, panelled, chantry, octagonal, perpendicular, spire, font, moulded, ashlar, buttress, stained, tiled, jacobean, plastered, ambulatory, polygonal, altar, steeple, paley, belfry, window, effigy, stalls, plinth, parapet, tower, vaulted, rebuilt, semicircular, gabled, loft, chapel, recess, arches, altarpiece, organ, stair, bays, lengthened, carved, surmounted, gothic, roofs, decorated, bells, turret, fittings, diagonal, gable, windows, tiles, roof, sanctuary, rubble, furnishings, piers, marble, ceiling, arcade, arched, flanked, romanesque, communion, restored, norman, slab, wall, capitals, narrower, choir, sandstone, inserted, vault, dates, screen, glass, lights.

Words that rhyme with chancel:
cancel, spancel, ancile, hansel, ancille, bransle, mansell, mansel, hansell, stancil, stansell, stansel, mancil, stancill, vancil, lance hill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe chancel:
new, apsidal, short, small, present, lower, old, long, south, early, large, original, century, deep, ended, english, vaulted, vice, ruined, spacious, gothic, rectangular, shallow, fine, lagrange, narrow, whole, beautiful, bay, decorated, late, low, separate, polygonal, narrower, double, modern, north, middle, former, semicircular, aisleless, tiny, lofty, ancient, later, east, aisled, recessed, perp, broken, medieval, wide, apsed, structural, earlier, distinct, circular, smaller, romanesque, square, innermost, tall, eastern, victorian, sacred, west, dim, perpendicular, handsome, splendid, enlarged, extended, noble, unaisled, lit, distant, magnificent, oblong, nearest, squareended.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective chancel:
arch, screen, wall, window, steps, windows, rail, floor, roof, aisle, walls, door, chapel, end, aisles, area, step, screens, chapels, rails, arches, vault, stalls, furniture, ceiling, railing, feet, choir, dates, arcades, entrance, organ, gates, arcade, gate, church, lancets, apse, doorway, post, arrangement, pavement, projects, gable, pillars, furnishings, posts, fittings, seats, bay, date, drama, decoration, sedilia, barrier, doors, pew, piscina, roofs, lors, platform, front, chairs, lights, arrangements, clerestory, masonry, norman, pier, repairs, panelling, recess, floors, cool, springs, buttresses, lamp, choirs, opening, panels, squares, carpet, luxellian, pews, interior, parapet, slabs, panel.

Consonant match to chancel:
chance all.

Words that sound like chancel:
chancel, channel, chancellor, channell, chanceful, chanceler, cancel, hansel, chancing, cancell, hansell, vancil, chances, chantal, chancy, chantel, chancey, chunnel, chanal, chenal, chanceux, council, counsel, tinsel, tonsil, consul, tensile, janel, shanel, hanzel, mansell, hensel, shanell, counsell, townsel, vensel, wensel, mansel, tonsile, kinsel, tencel, samsel, jansa, chenille, chanterelle, chesil, chance, chainsaw, chisel, channels, chanc, chancer, chanced, chauncey, chana, chain saw, chancery, channeled, chauncy, channa, channelled, chancellery, channeler, chania, chancellors, tonsill, chance on, chantha, chain-saw, cone cell, chamal, chancellory, chancier, castle, gentle, conceal, console, cancelled, canceled, genial, channing, consol, cassel, cannel, cassell, hansa, chantell, cancels, ginnel, ensile, hanel, conseil, cannell, genal, gunsel, handsel, canceler, canceller, casl, haniel.