Chancel
Area around the altar of a Christian church / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Chancel (disambiguation).
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building.[1] It may terminate in an apse.