chancel
noun
1 chancel
Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing.
synonyms: bema, sanctuary.
Roget 1000:
place of worship;
house of God,
house of prayer.
temple,
cathedral,
minster†,
church,
kirk,
chapel,
meetinghouse,
bethel†,
tabernacle,
conventicle,
basilica,
fane†,
holy place,
chantry†,
oratory.
synagogue;
mosque;
marabout†;
pantheon;
pagoda;
joss house†;
dogobah†,
tope;
kiosk;
kiack†,
masjid†.
[clergymen's residence]
parsonage,
rectory,
vicarage,
manse,
deanery,
glebe;
Vatican;
bishop's palace;
Lambeth.
altar,
shrine,
sanctuary,
Holy of Holies,
sanctum sanctorum [Lat.],
sacristy;
sacrarium†;
communion table,
holy table,
Lord's table;
table of the Lord;
pyx;
baptistery,
font;
piscina†,
stoup;
aumbry†;
sedile†;
reredos;
rood loft,
rood screen.
[parts of a church: list]
chancel,
quire,
choir,
nave,
aisle,
transept,
vestry,
crypt,
golgotha,
calvary,
Easter sepulcher;
stall,
pew;
pulpit,
ambo†,
lectern,
reading desk,
confessional,
prothesis†,
credence,
baldachin,
baldacchino†;
apse,
belfry;
chapter house;
presbytery;
anxious-bench,
anxious-seat;
diaconicum [Lat.],
jube†;
mourner's bench,
mourner's seat.
[exterior adjacent to a church]
cloisters,
churchyard.
monastery,
priory,
abbey,
friary,
convent,
nunnery,
cloister.
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Dutch: koor, stiltegebied
Polish: prezbiterium, chór
Moby thesaurus: Easter sepulcher, ambry, apse, baptistery, blindstory, choir, cloisters, confessional, confessionary, crypt, diaconicon, diaconicum, nave, porch, presbytery, rood loft, rood stair, rood tower, sacrarium, sacristy, transept, triforium, vestry ... show more.
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