chancel
英 ['tʃɑːns(ə)l]
美 ['tʃænsl]
- n. 高い祭壇
- n. (Chancel) 人名；（英）Chancel；（仏）Chancel
語源
聖壇ラテン語のcancellus、chancelから、語源的にはcancel、chanceryと同じ。 本来は、聖壇で囲まれた教会の聖域。
英語の語源
- chancel (n.)
- 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.
例文
- 1. Just give me the chancel right now the news is dead.
- この機会を与えてくれればいい！
- 2.The part of the chancel a cruciform church that is occupied by this company of singers.
- 教会で聖歌隊が占めている席、聖壇の中で聖壇と中央の中間に位置する部分です。