1) Altar area 2) Altar space 3) Area 4) Area around the altar 5) Bema 6) Church part near the altar 7) French word used in English 8) Pulpit locale 9) Sanctuary 10) Space around the altar
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1) Bema
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part of church containing altar and seats for choir
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• (v. t.) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front. • (v. t.) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.
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the eastern end of a church.
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portion of a church that contains the choir, often at the eastern end. Before modern changes in church practice, only clergy and choir members were ... [2 related articles]
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The space surrounding the altar of a church.
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The space surrounding the altar of a church.
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the eastern space in a church where the high altar is usually found
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In architecture, the eastern part of a Christian church where the choir and clergy sit, formerly kept separate from the nave by an open-work screen or rail. In some medieval churches the screen is...
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The part of a church in which the altar or communion table is set. It should, in a Church of Scotland, also accommodate the font, and usually the pulpit. It is sometimes a separate chamber at the east end of the building, but is commonly simply an area at the east end of a rectangular worship space. Related Words: East end (liturgical) (and north, ...
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The part of the church at the east end, where the altar stands and where the clergy sit.
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Part of the church for the clergy and choir, near the altar, and usually enclosed.
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The part of the church at the east end, where the altar stands and where the clergy sit.
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Chan'cel noun [ Old French
chancel , French
chanceau ,
cancel , from Latin
cancelli lattices, crossbars. (The
chancel was formerly inclosed with lattices or crossbars) See
Cancel ,
transitive verb ]
(Architecture) (a) ...
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The area of the church containing the Sanctuary and Presbytery (the location of the high alter) separated from the secular activities of the Nave by a chancel or rood screen. A comparatively recent term arriving from the doctrine of transubstantiation in 1215 which meant the separation of the laity from the mystery of the Eucharist. The upkeep and ...
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A chancel is that part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed, that is the choir or eastern part of a church appropriated to the use of those who officiate in the performance of the services and separated from the nave and other portions in which the congregation assemble by a screen known as...
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That part of a church interior reserved for clergy and containing the alter.
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The chancel is the eastern portion of a church, reserved for the clergy and the choir, and often separated from the main body of the church by a screen or by steps. It is the area from which the service is conducted, as distinct from the nave, where the congregation sits. The chancel is usually an elevated platform, usually three steps up from the ...
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Eastern part of the church in which the altar stands.
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The area at the E end of the church in which the altar is usually located. Normally used to describe the area E of the crossing that continues the line of the nave. Often narrower than the nave. Chancel arch is the arch dividing the nave from the chancel.
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sanctuary noun area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
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In architecture, the eastern part of a Christian church where the choir and clergy sit, formerly kept separate from the nave by an open-work screen or rail. In some medieval churches the screen is very high, so that the congregation is completely shut off. The choir stalls and the rector's pew are in the chancel, and the altar or communion ...
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the area of the church which includes the altar. Often (as in our church) this is also where the choir sits when there is one. It is sometimes separated from the rest of the church by a screen or, as in our church by a rail which is referred to as an altar rail.
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the space about the altar of a church, usually enclosed, for the clergy and other officials.
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