chancel

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By turns mournful and joyous, the instrument energized congregations and fostered a call and response between the chancel and the pews.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2020

Two of the three faces in the church’s chancel windows portraying St. Paul, St. John and Christ knocking at the door were cracked and had to be sent to England.

From Washington Times • Mar. 13, 2017

"The evidence of disturbance to the grave and repair to the chancel floor leads us to this conclusion."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2016

At Jamestown I learned that the communion table stood in the chancel, and it was therefore the holiest spot in the church, and only the most important people in the community were buried beneath it.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2015

Or was the vault under the chancel of Gateshead Church an inviting bourne?

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë