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Chancel

In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.

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Chancel

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples67
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Chancel

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related to Bibliography · 23
Chancel → Architecture, Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica, England, Fleming, Gothic Revival, Honour, Hugh, ISBN, James, John, Nikolaus, Penguin Books Ltd, Pevsner, Priscilla Metcalf, Southern England, Stock Publishers, The Cambridge Movement, The Cathedrals, The Ecclesiologists
related to history · 21
Chancel → Augustus Pugin, Barriers, Chancel Screens, Counter-Reformation, Eastern Christianity, Following, However, In, In Early Christian, Lateran Council, Mass, Now, Oriental Orthodox, Protestant, Protestant Reformation, Rood Lofts, These, This, Treatise, West
related to Gallery · 9
Chancel → Church, Evangelical-Lutheran, Frötuna Church, Lady, Norrtälje, Skänninge, Sweden, SwedenThe, The
related to overview · 5
Chancel → All, Direct, In, The, This
related to Name · 4
Chancel → French, Late Latin, The, This
is a · 1
Chancel → space around the altar

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churches church may nave altar choir sanctuary congregation often area used usually clergy lay architecture called end side part different

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Chancelis aspace around the altar0.90text
an ambulatoryinstance ofin practice in churches where the eastern end contains other elements0.80text
side chapelsinstance ofin practice in churches where the eastern end contains other elements0.80text
these are also often counted as part of the chancelinstance ofin practice in churches where the eastern end contains other elements0.80text
especially when discussing architectureinstance ofin practice in churches where the eastern end contains other elements0.80text
Chancelrelated to BibliographyFleming0.60section
Chancelrelated to BibliographyJohn0.60section
Chancelrelated to BibliographyHonour0.60section
Chancelrelated to BibliographyHugh0.60section
Chancelrelated to BibliographyPevsner0.60section
Chancelrelated to BibliographyNikolaus0.60section
Chancelrelated to BibliographyDictionary0.60section

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