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Examples of chancel
chancel
Within its elaborate Baroque interior is a Romanesque dome covering the chancel.
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The chapel will seat 350 to 400, with a raised chancel for a choir or orchestra.
From the charlotteobserver.com
But a chancel in front of the net resulted in a hooking penalty on David Perron.
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The most striking feature in the simple chancel is a free-standing Viking Cross.
From the gazetteherald.co.uk
The church has a four-bay nave with aisles, and its chancel is at a lower level.
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Easter Sepulchre, 16th century, Holcombe Burnell Church, north wall of chancel.
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It consists of a west tower, nave, chancel, south aisle and a Consistory Court.
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Access was via a narrow rood stair set into the piers supporting the chancel arch.
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The chancel choir will be joined by Timmy Hord on bagpipes for the 11 a.m. service.
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- Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
- In architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.
- (chanceling) a notation on a parish baptism record denoting an illegitimate child.
- The area in a church which traditionally contains the altar.
- The portion of a church between the front row of pews and the altar; usually the place the choir sits; sometimes also called the "choir".
- The eastern end of the church in which the main alter is placed. Derived from the Latin cancelli meaning lattice or screen, which separated the chancel from the nave. ...
- The part of the east end of a church in which the main altar is placed; reserved for clergy and choir.
- East end of a church containing the altar; in a large church, east of the choir; in a smaller one, east of the nave or crossing.
- Chancel features the eastern or front end of a church, containing the choir and altar and usually reserved for use by the clergy and choir.
