Definitions for cancellus

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cancellus can·cel·lus

Spelling: [kan-sel-uh s]

IPA: /kænˈsɛl əs/

Cancellus is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 285 anagrams from letters in cancellus (accellnsu).

Definitions for cancellus

noun

1. (in an early Christian basilica) one of a row of bars separating the clergy and sometimes the choir from the congregation.
2. (in an ancient Roman basilica) one of a row of bars separating the court personnel from the spectators.
3. cancelli, a screen of such bars.

Origin of cancellus

Latin, equivalent to canc(rī) grating (plural of cancer, apparently dissimilated form of carcer prison) + -ellus diminutive suffix