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cancellus.

A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.

  2. One of the interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, especially in their articular extremities.

Where this word comes from

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cancellus (“little crab”). Doublet of chancel.

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