communion rail
Kneeling bar, sanctuary
A communion rail is a low railing in a church, typically at the front of the chancel, where worshippers kneel to receive the Eucharist.
Common in Catholic and Anglican churches, it separates the sanctuary from the nave while providing a place for congregants during communion: She knelt at the communion rail with hands extended.
- chancelAltar-adjacent clergy space
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- genuflectionKnee-bending act of reverence
- naveChurch's main interior
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
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church furniture function
communion railpew
Worship hall seating
church pew · choir stall · confessional · pulpit · lectern
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