chancel

chancel has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• v. t.. That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.
• v. t.. All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front.
• n.. area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing