ALL meanings of cancellus
can·cel·lus
C c - noun plural cancellus (in an early Christian basilica) one of a row of bars separating the clergy and sometimes the choir from the congregation. 1
- noun plural cancellus (in an ancient Roman basilica) one of a row of bars separating the court personnel from the spectators. 1
- noun plural cancellus cancelli, a screen of such bars. 1
- noun cancellus (architecture) A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel. 0
- noun cancellus (anatomy) One of the interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, especially in their articular extremities. 0