different between chauncel vs chancel

English

Noun

chauncel (plural chauncels)

1. Obsolete form of chancel.

English

Alternative forms

• chauncel (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French chancel. Doublet of cancellus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t???ns?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?æns?l/

Noun

chancel (plural chancels)

1. The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.

Synonyms

• apse
• presbytery
• sanctuary

Translations

French

Alternative forms

• cancel, chanceau

Etymology

From Old French chancel, from Latin cancellus.

Noun

chancel m (plural chancels)

1. chancel

Further reading

• “chancel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• cancel

Etymology

From Latin cancellus.

Noun

chancel m (oblique plural chanceaus or chanceax or chanciaus or chanciax or chancels, nominative singular chanceaus or chanceax or chanciaus or chanciax or chancels, nominative plural chancel)

1. chancel

Descendants

• French: chancel, cancel, chanceau
• ? Breton: kañsell
• ? English: chancel, chauncel
• ? Scottish Gaelic: seansal
• ? Spanish: cancel