What is the meaning of Chancel?

  • (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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