What does "chancel" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "chancel"?

Common synonyms include: apse, presbytery, sanctuary, ambry, apse[appendix:glossary, baptistery.

Chancel

//ˈtʃɑːnsəl// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun

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"
2
area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing wordnet
3
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.; The entire end of the church in which the altar stands, including the apse and the ambulatory. broadly
"Meronyms: presbytery, sanctuary, apse, ambulatory"
4
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.; A certain central portion of that end of the church, excluding the apse and the ambulatory.