rood screen
rood screen · rood screens
Lettner, Doxale
A carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval churchA carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval church; it originally carried a large crucifix; in continental Europe it often featured a balcony from which the Gospel and sermons could be read.
UK/ˈɹuːd skɹiːn/US/ˈɹud ˌskɹin/
Meaning
1 sensesA carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval church; it originally carried a large crucifix; in continental Europe it often featured a balcony from which the Gospel and sermons could be read.
Near-synonyms: dorsal, dossal
Lettner, Doxale
a screen in a church; separates the nave from the choir or chancel
Translations
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By meaning 1
carved screen:
Origin
rood (“cross; crucifix”) + screen.rood (“cross; crucifix”) + screen.
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Forms
plural: rood screens| Singular | rood screen |
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Synonyms
6 synonymsaltar screenchoir screenjubédorsalchancel screendossal