chancel
n.高坛
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chancel为短语/超纲词汇
chancel
/'tʃɑ:nsl; [US] 'tʃænsl; `tʃænsl/
n part of a church near the altar, used by the priests and the choir 圣坛(教堂中靠近祭坛部分, 供牧师和唱诗班用). =>illus at App
1 见附录1之插图, page viii.
chancel
n[C][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;Origin:Late Latin cancellus
'framework of crossed bars', from
Latin cancer (
CANCEL); because the chancel was enclosed with such a framework]
the part of a church where the priests and the
choir (=singers) sit