Chancels is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.
You can make 228 anagrams from letters in chancels (accehlns).
1275-1325; Middle English Middle French Late Latin cancellus lattice, railing or screen before the altar of a church, Latin cancell(ī) (plural) lattice, railing, grating; see Examples for chancels
My chair was near the chancel rail, I now turned toward the west end of the church. The nave, then as now, was the charge of the parish; the chancel, of the rector. The old place was dimly lighted, but the brothers occupied the chancel only. She saw them sitting in their pew far down toward the chancel. Simultaneously from the chancel came a great cry: "Libera nos, Domine!" Since 1996, Bolding has been director of the chancel Choir (renamed The Inspirational Voices of Abyssinian in 2008). Brother Paul was sitting in the chancel with a lamp on the stall by his side. Saxon arches separating the nave from the aisles and chancel are plain. It was evening service, and the nave was thronged from chancel to porch. Many were cruciform, and consisted of nave, transepts, and chancel.