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nounarea around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railingtype of:part of:
Definition that contains chancel
- hooker United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
- choir the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave
- schmidt German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918)
- brandt German statesman who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992)
- recession the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
- chancellery a government building housing the office of a chancellor
- hindenburg German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934)
- recessional the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
- adenauer German statesman; chancellor of West Germany (1876-1967)
- willy brandt German statesman who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992)