Cancellus
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cancellus is a noun meaning (architecture) A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.
Meaning
(architecture) A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.
More Meanings
- (anatomy) One of the interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, especially in their articular extremities.
Word Forms
- cancelli
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chauncel, paraclose, crenel, cuneus, crossing, cancellation.
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