chancel
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He said the candle-and-flower clad chancel and stained glass windows installed when his grandfather was a congregant were a touchstone for generations.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2018
Henry III added a rectangular chancel in 1240.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2016
"The evidence of disturbance to the grave and repair to the chancel floor leads us to this conclusion."
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2016
Important people would likely be in the chancel, where, by Protestant tradition, the elite were laid to rest.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2015
Hearing a cautious step behind me, I glanced over my shoulder: one of the strangers—a gentleman, evidently—was advancing up the chancel.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
