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can⋅cel⋅lus

  [kan-sel-uhs]
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–noun, plural -cel⋅li  [-sel-ahy, -sel-ee] . Architecture.
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:
< L, equiv. to canc(rī) grating (pl. of cancer, appar. dissimilated form of carcer prison) + -ellus dim. suffix
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cancellus can·cel·lus (kān-sěl'əs)
n. pl. can·cel·li (-lī')
A latticelike structure, such as spongy bone.

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