cancellus

[kan-sel-uhs]

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noun

Architecture.

plural

cancelli

(in an early Christian basilica) one of a row of bars separating the clergy and sometimes the choir from the congregation.
(in an ancient Roman basilica) one of a row of bars separating the court personnel from the spectators.
cancelli, a screen of such bars.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cancellus¹

< Latin, equivalent to canc ( ��ī ) grating (plural of cancer, apparently dissimilated form of carcer prison) + -ellus diminutive suffix

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It had apparently not begun in 1286, for a mandate of Archbishop Romanus in that year begins Cancellus Rypon’ ruinosus reparetur; but it may have been completed before the irruption of the Scots in 1318.

From

Chancel is derived, through Fr. chancel or cancel, from Lat. cancellus, a cross-bar, occurring more usually in the plural in the sense of lattice, grating.

From

In German cancellus has given Kanzel, pulpit.

From

cancellous cancel out

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