# cancellus

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.
2. One of the interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, especially in their articular extremities.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin cancellus (“little crab”). Doublet of chancel.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cancellus