Chancel
['tʃɑːns(ə)l] or ['tʃænsl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing.
校對:普拉特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.
(v. t.) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front.
埃伦校對
解釋/意思:
n. the eastern part of a church originally separated from the nave by a screen of lattice-work so as to prevent general access thereto though not to interrupt either sight or sound.
塞西莉整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Bits of old wood carvings from the pulpit, and panels from the chancel, and images from the organ-loft, said the clerk. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Then she saw them enter and proceed to the chancel and kneel; and the service seemed to go on. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Hearing a cautious step behind me, I glanced over my shoulder: one of the strangers--a gentleman, evidently--was advancing up the chancel. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Or was the vault under the chancel of Gateshead Church an inviting bourne? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Newland Archer, at a signal from the sexton, had come out of the vestry and placed himself with his best man on the chancel step of Grace Church. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I entered with soothing awe the lighted chancel, and listened to the solemn religious chaunt, which spoke peace and hope to the unhappy. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
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