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Word entry · 7 letters

chancel

Best crossword clue

"Church altar area"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈtʃɑːnsəl/Part of speech nounSorted accehlnStarts with CEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2H3A4N5C6E7L

Definitions

  1. area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing

Word origin

From Old French chancel. Doublet of cancellus.

Used in a sentence

  • Holonyms: church, cathedral
  • Near-synonyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse (all broadly synonymous)
  • Meronyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse, ambulatory

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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