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Definition of chancel noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chancel

noun

/ˈtʃɑːnsl/

/ˈtʃænsl/

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the part of a church near the altar, where the priests and the choir (= singers) sit during services
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin cancelli ‘crossbars’.

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