Chancel table (5)
I believe the answer is:
altar
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">chancel table</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for altar that I've seen before include "Focus of religious activity" , "Sacrificial slab" , "Where Lucy Ashton was led" , "Sacrificial block" , "place of unions" .)