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chancel

Meaninga grating

Common meaning: area around the altar of a church

Journey through time

  1. Latincancellus‘a grating’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsa grating → canciel, an enclosurechancel‘canciel, an enclosure’source
  3. Middle Englishchancell‘church enclosure’source
  4. Englishchancel‘area around the altar of a church’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin cancellus ‘a grating’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CHANCEL, p. 103 · dictionary scan

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