单词 | chancel |
释义 | chanceln. 1. ‘Used to denote a separate division of the ancient basilica, latticed off to separate the judges and council from the audience part of the place’ (Gwilt Encycl. Archit.).[This is the original of the chancel in a church; but the sense hardly occurs in English.] 2. ‘The eastern part of a church, appropriated to the use of those who officiate in the performance of the services’ (Parker Gloss. Archit.), and separated from the other parts by a screen, railing, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > chancel or sanctuary > [noun] chancel1303 sacrarya1387 sanctuarya1400 presbytery1466 presbyterium1565 cancelli1642 bema1683 sacrarium1727 haikal1884 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 8806 Þe lewede man holy cherche wyl forbede To staunde yn þe chaunsel whyl men rede. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 99/3 Poul entred..within the chauncell and put hym to prayer. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 356 Thair chancer [1489 Adv. chansell] full sturdely Thai held. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke v. viii. 109 b The vpper parte of the Church called the Chancel or Quire. 1648 J. Lightfoot Handfull Gleanings Exod. 38 It consisted of three parts..as our Churches doe, of the Chancell, Church, and the Churchyard. 1697 Bp. J. Gardiner Advice Clergy Lincoln 21 A part of the Church..prepared for the celebration of the Lord's Supper, which we call the Chancel. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 51 A clerk had given a bond to the patron..to keep the rectory house and chancel in repair. 1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 16 Long chancels were then in great esteem. ΚΠ c1400 Test. Love (1560) ii. 282/2 Poore chauncell, open holes in every side: beddes of silke with tapites going all about his chambre. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes (1877) 233 The priest went into the priue chauncell, and..came forth againe, and aunswered that Jupiter did..make him a graunt of his boune. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. v. sig. Ff.viv/1 Holie of holies..or ye Chauncel of the temple. 1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 112 Enter the dismall chancell of this roome. Compounds chancel-arch, chancel-building verbal noun, chancel-casement, chancel-screen, chancel-steps, chancel-window; chancel-table n. a communion-table. ΚΠ 1832 Ld. Tennyson New Year's Eve vi, in Poems (new ed.) 97 Upon the chancel-casement, and upon that grave o' mine. 1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 189 Chancel screen and Altar stair. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 18 Many a great chancel-window. 1863 G. G. Scott Gleanings Westm. Abbey 14 The pier of the chancel-arch. 1882 Athenæum 5 Aug. 183/3 Wholesale ‘restorations’ (the leading object of many of which is chancel-building). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1303 |
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