单词 | hagioscopic |
释义 | hagioscopicadj. Of or relating to a hagioscope, a small opening or window in a chancel arch or wall, enabling worshippers to see the elevation of the host during the sacrament of the Eucharist. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > other parts > [adjective] > hagioscope hagioscopic1846 lychnoscopic1849 1846 C. Thomas Sketches for Ecclesiol. of Deaneries Sparham & Taverham (new ed.) 118 A hagioscopic aperture communicates with the chancel inside the eastern respond. 1914 Athenæum 17 Jan. 96/3 There is also a fatal objection to their use for any kind of hagioscopic purpose. 2003 H. H. L. Jørgensen in A. Roesler-Fridenthal & J. Nathan Enduring Instant 185 Distance and obstruction..ultimately defines and intensifies the hagioscopic way of seeing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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