cancelli
- plural of cancellus.
Example Sentences
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After the first gust, the wind dropped, sending long streams of impelling draft through cancelli, doorway and hall.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth
"What an unrefreshed face!" the Greek said softly, as the light from the cancelli showed the weariness and distress that had begun to make inroads on the animation of the girl's beauty.
From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Leyendecker, Frank X.
It is hard to say whether by the Latin word cancelli is meant the chancel-screen or the altar-rails, in some cases probably the latter.
From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous
When he took her extended hands, she led him to the light of the cancelli and inspected him.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth
Caries of Articular Surfaces.—Tuberculous infiltration of the marrow in the surface cancelli breaks up the spongy framework of the bone into minute irregular fragments, so that it disintegrates or crumbles away—caries.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
