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ALL meanings of cancellus

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  • 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
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