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Cancelli
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(plural of Lat. cancellus, dim. of cancer, a crossing bar), in architecture, the term given to barriers which correspond to the modern balustrade or railing, especially the screen dividing the body of a church from the part occupied by the ministers; hence "chancel" (q.v.). By the Romans cancelli were similarly employed to divide off portions of the courts of law (cf. the English "bar").
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cancelli'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/cancelli.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cancelli'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/cancelli.html. 1910.
