Chancel

(noun.) area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing.

校对:普拉特

• Bits of old wood carvings from the pulpit, and panels from the chancel, and images from the organ-loft, said the clerk. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Then she saw them enter and proceed to the chancel and kneel; and the service seemed to go on. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Hearing a cautious step behind me, I glanced over my shoulder: one of the strangers--a gentleman, evidently--was advancing up the chancel. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Or was the vault under the chancel of Gateshead Church an inviting bourne? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Newland Archer, at a signal from the sexton, had come out of the vestry and placed himself with his best man on the chancel step of Grace Church. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I entered with soothing awe the lighted chancel, and listened to the solemn religious chaunt, which spoke peace and hope to the unhappy. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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