particion

Updated: May 13, 2025

And yet vpon respecte that the heade is the place for the eyes, it ought to be of more lighte, and to bee separate with a particion, in the steade of a necke, from the body of the Churche. This particion the Latine calleth Cancelli; and out of that cometh our terme, Chauncelle. And in these the Belles to be hanged, to calle the people to Seruice, by daie and by night.

Richard Hakluyt - The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 : Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc.