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The arch which separates the chancel from the nave of a church. chancel arch
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A screen in Byzantine churches separating the sanctuary from the nave and pierced by three doors, originally a lattice of columns joined by a decorated parapet and coping. Since the 14th-15th c. it has become a wooden or stone wall covered with icons, hence the name.
The portion of a church flanking the nave and separated from it by a row of columns or piers. In general, the space between the arcade and an outer wall.