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Meanings of chancel in English
Synonyms
Examples for "sanctuary"
Examples for "sanctuary"
1
Millions have fled Middle Eastern trouble spots seeking sanctuary in Western Europe.
2
Later, when the current lessened, water filled the sanctuary; the animals drowned.
3
We may decide for example to set those up as sanctuary areas.
4
New sanctuary laws protecting immigrants went into effect in California in January.
5
And there were two doors in the temple, and in the sanctuary.
1
He's the Adonis of the rostrum, the Apollo Belvidere of the bema.
2
Still it rejoiced him to hear the noble truths of democracy delivered as it were from the bema.
3
His friends and relatives tried in vain to stop him making himself ridiculous and being dragged down from the bema.
4
Up on the bema, the rabbi is welcoming the congregation, and telling them how good it is to worship with everyone.
5
Looking out from his place at the foot of the pillar, he saw a man standing far off in the lofty bema.
Usage of chancel in English
1
The nave is in the Perpendicular style, and the chancel is Decorated.
2
The fine mosaics in the chancel were worked by a female convict.
3
It hung from the beams of the chancel, before the high altar.
4
She went up into the chancel and looked about her in silence.
5
She saw them sitting in their pew far down toward the chancel.
6
Ellerburne church has some very interesting Norman work in the chancel arch.
7
Then in 1723 the chancel was destroyed, and a new one built.
8
Saxon arches separating the nave from the aisles and chancel are plain.
9
A canopied tomb of William de St. John stands in the chancel.
10
The chancel was rebuilt in 1879, but certain old features are preserved.
11
The chancel was, however, not removed, but left desolate in the fields.
12
The vestry door was closed, and nobody was inside the chancel rail.
13
In the chancel, especially, everything was as clearly visible as by daylight.
14
The Saxon font and Norman chancel arch are also of much interest.
15
At the eastern end of the chancel are an aumbry and piscina.
16
The chancel looked empty, but then he hadn't really expected anything else.
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