cancellus|cancelli in English
noun
column used as a divider in a basilica (Architecture)
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1. 1300, "enclosed space in a church around the altar," from Old French Chancel, from Late Latin cancellus "lattice," from Latin cancelli (plural) "grating, bars" (see cancel); sense extended in Late Latin from the lattice-work that separated the choir from the nave in a church to the space itself.
2. The original Chancellors were the cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the audience.
3. The Chancel is part of the choir near the altar of a church, where the deacons or sub-deacons stand to assist the officiating priest.It was originally railed off by cancelli or lattice work, from which the name is derived