c. 1300, "part of the church around the altar," from Old French chancel, from Late Latin cancellus "lattice," from Latin cancelli (plural) "grating, bars" (see cancel); sense extended in Late Latin from the lattice-work that separated the choir from the nave in a church to the space itself.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Just give me the chancel right now the news is dead.
只要給我這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)就成!
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. The part of the chancel a cruciform church that is occupied by this company of singers.