Cancelli

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (v. t.) The interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp. in their articular extremities.

(2): (v. t.) 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.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a lattice or balustrade; the rail separating the altar from the nave, in ancient churches, was called cancelli. (See Chancel).