cancellus

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cancellus

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin cancellus (“little crab”). Doublet of chancel.

noun cancelli

A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.
One of the interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, especially in their articular extremities.

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@misc{cancellus_2026,
  title = {cancellus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cancellus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}