cancellus
noun
(in an early Christian basilica) one of a row of bars separating the clergy and sometimes the choir from the congregation.
cancelli
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pluralof cancellus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"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 Frank X. Leyendecker
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 Alexis Thomson
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
A Chancellor was originally a man in charge of a chancel, or grating, Lat. cancelli.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
The sand had filled up all the cavities and cancelli, but was in no instance consolidated or aggregated together; it was, therefore, easily removed by a soft brush, and the bones perfectly cleared without injury.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
