Lexicon: chancel – chapel

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chancel, n. [OFr < L. cancelli, bars of lattice-work.]

Sacred space; area around the alter of a church; room for the clergy and choir; lattice-work that encloses a sanctuary.

change (-s), n. [AFr. chaunge < late L. cambi-um, exchange.]

  1. Variation; alteration in form; modification of essence; [fig.] death.
  2. Transformation; abandonment of one state for another.
  3. Exchange; replacement; substitution.

change (-d), v. [ME < L. cambire, barter, exhange.] (webplay: heart, new, pass(ing). , sweetness).

  1. Abandon; discard; replace; shift; lay aside; leave for another.
  2. Alter; transform; become different in appearance or state.

channel, n. [ME < OFr chanel, old form of canal.]

Passage; A means of passing, conveying or transmitting something; lengthened groove or furrow on any surface; [fig.] grave.

chant (-s), n. [Fr., 'song' < L. cantu-m, singing, song.]

  1. Song, melody, a rhythmic tune.
  2. Song sung in church; repetition of church service's words in melodic form.

chant (-ed, -ing), v. [Fr., 'sing' < L. can-ere, sing.]

Sing; utter words in musical tones.

chanticleer, n. [OFr < chante-r, sing, crow, + cler, clear.]

Rooster, so called because of his clearness of loudness in crowing when waking others in the morning.

chaos (-es), n. [L. < Gk. caos, vast gulf or chasm, abyss, empty space, first state of the universe < ca-, yawn, gape.] (webplay: existed, order, power).

  1. The abyss or empty state that some religions believe existed prior to an ordered universe.
  2. State in which all things are out of order or proper place; State in which all parts are without form or order.

chapeaux (chapeau), n. [L. Latin cappa, cloak; see chapel, n.]

Veil; hat; head covering; [fig.] halo; aura; glory; nimbus; radiance; sunset glow; shining atmosphere; [word play on “chapel”] church; sanctuary; place to worship; [metaphor] grave; place to bury the dead.

chapel, n. [ME < late L. cappella, little cloak or cape < the cloak of St. Martin, a sacred relic, which the Frankish kings carried into battle; the name of the sanctuary in which the chaplains preserved under the cappella or 'chaplains', and thence generally to a sanctuary containing holy relics.]

Place of worship, smaller than a church.