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CANCELLI (plural of Lat. cancellus, dim. of cancer, a crossing bar)

CANCELLI (plural of See also:
LAT
Lat. cancellus, dim. of See also:
CANCER (" THE CRAB ")
CANCER, LUIS (d. 1549)
CANCER, or CARCINOMA (from Lat. cancer, Gr. KapKivwga, an eating ulcer)
cancer, a See also:
CROSSING
crossing See also:
BAR
BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
BAR, THE
bar) , in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, the See also:

TERM

term given to barriers which correspond to the See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

BALUSTRADE

balustrade or railing, especially the See also:

SCREEN (usually, but very doubtfully, connected with Lat. scrinium, a box for holding books, from scribere, to write; a connexion with Ger. Schranke, barrier, has been suggested)

screen dividing the See also:

BODY

body of a See also:

church from the See also:

PART

part occupied by the ministers; hence " See also:

CHANCEL (through O. Fr. from Lat. plur. cancelli, dim. of cancer, grating, lattice, probably connected with an Indo-European root Kar-, to bend; cf. circus, curve, &c.)

chancel " (q.v.). By the See also:

Romans cancelli were similarly employed to See also:

DIVIDE

divide off portions of the courts of See also:

law (cf. the See also:

ENGLISH

English " bar ").

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