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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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 Elizabeth Miller
The ordinary screen or cancelli, from which is derived our word "chancel" for the space thus enclosed, was a low wall.
From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) Thompson
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
"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
Then the night-wind, rising from the sea, swept in through the cancelli with a shriek, put out the lamp instantly and swept the long dragging curtain against the Herod standing in the dimly-illuminated corridor.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller
