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"word": "chancel repair liability"
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"ref": "1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict",
"text": "Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.",
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"word": "presbytery"
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{
"word": "sanctuary"
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "սրբարան"
},
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"roman": "ericʿunkʿ",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "երիցունք"
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"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
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"code": "br",
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "presbiteri"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kněžiště"
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{
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "presbytář"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "kor"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "priesterkoor"
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{
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "antaŭaltaro"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "kantsel"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "kooriruum"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "kuori"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chancel"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clôture de chœur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Altarraum"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ieró",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "presbitérium"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saingeal"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "córlann"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "presbiterio"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prezbitērija"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prezbiterija"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "oltar",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "олтар"
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{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "carrick"
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kor"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prezbiteriu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "presviterij",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пресвитерий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seansal"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "презвитериум"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "светиња"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "sh",
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
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"word": "svetinja"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
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"word": "hor"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "presbytár"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kňazište"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chór"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prezbiterij"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "presbiterio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vivtar",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вівтар"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "presbiterij",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пресбітерій"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cangell"
}
],
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"chancel"
]
}
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃænsəl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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},
{
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},
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"tags": [
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{
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"word": "chancel organ"
},
{
"word": "chancel repair liability"
}
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"English 2-syllable words",
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"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with quotations",
"Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
"Rhymes:English/ænsəl",
"Rhymes:English/ænsəl/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɑːnsəl",
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"Russian terms with redundant script codes",
"Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes"
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"ref": "1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict",
"text": "Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "srbaran",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "սրբարան"
},
{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "ericʿunkʿ",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "երիցունք"
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{
"code": "eu",
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "koru"
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{
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "presbiterio"
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{
"code": "br",
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
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"word": "kañsell"
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{
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"roman": "prezviterium",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "презвитериум"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
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"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
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"word": "presbytář"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "priesterkoor"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hoogkoor"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "antaŭaltaro"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "kantsel"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "kooriruum"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "kuori"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chancel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clôture de chœur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Altarraum"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ieró",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ιερό"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"word": "presbitérium"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saingeal"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "córlann"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "preispitéir"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "presbiterio"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prezbitērija"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prezbiterija"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "oltar",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "олтар"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carrick"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prezbiterium"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "presbitério"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prezbiteriu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "presviterij",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пресвитерий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seansal"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "презвитериум"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "светиња"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "prezbiterium"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "svetinja"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "hor"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "presbytár"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kňazište"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chór"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prezbiterij"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "presbiterio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vivtar",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вівтар"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "presbiterij",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пресбітерій"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "space around the altar in a church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cangell"
}
],
"word": "chancel"
}
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