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Definition of Cancelli
1. n. pl. An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the nave of a church, or in a window.
Definition of Cancelli
1. Noun. (plural of cancellus) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cancelli
1. a type of lattice-work [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancelli
Literary usage of Cancelli
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on diseases of the joints by Richard Barwell (1881)
"The lamella} which branch from its internal surface, enclose the cancelli, and
permeate the whole area of the short bone or epiphysis, are very variable in ..."
2. Animal Mechanics by Charles Bell, Jeffries Wyman (1902)
"the part in question will show that this description of the cancelli is imperfect
as well as incorrect ; that the cancelli do not centre on the lesser ..."
3. Origines Ecclesiasticæ: Or, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, and by Joseph Bingham, Richard Bingham (1840)
"This Place separated from the rest by Rails, called cancelli, whence comes ...
These the Latins call cancelli, whence comes our English name ' chancel. ..."
4. A Treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints by Astley Cooper, Bransby Blake Cooper (1851)
"... AND INTO THE cancelli OF THE TROCHANTER MAJOR. The symptoms of this accident
in some respects resemble those of the fracture within the ligament, ..."
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