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What is the difference between apse and chancel?

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Chancel is a synonym of apse.



As nouns the difference between apse and chancel

is that apse is a semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar while chancel is 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.

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English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
  • The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
  • A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
  • (astronomy, obsolete) The nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit. More usually called an apsis.
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) An aspen tree.

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    chancel

    English

    (wikipedia chancel)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
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    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=20 citation , passage=Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.}}

    Synonyms

    * apse