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chancel
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synonyms: presbytery ???
tags: [architecture] [christianity]
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Definition:the (sometimes enclosed) space around the church alter where members of the clergy and the choir sit.
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That was the first I'd seen of him since Sunday, since the service. He went out through the chancel and the side door, to avoid shaking hands with me, I believe.
Marilynne Robinson. Gilead, p.147 (2004)
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Next Sunday morning the vicar preached, and Walter sat looking up at him reflectively from his place in the chancel.
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He thought of the chapel behind the chancel, where the mermaid chair sat on a carpeted dais.
Sue Monk Kidd. The Mermaid Chair, p.53 (2005)
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Yes, in the middle of the chancel they acted; they performed a kind of farce called 'Mysteries,' which often offended against the laws of decency."
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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was the vault under the chancel of Gateshead Church an inviting bourne?
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SUR. No, sir, he was a great physician. This,
It was no bawdy-house, but a mere chancel!
Ben Jonson. The Alchemist (1610)
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