rood screen

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noun

a screen, often of elaborate design and properly surmounted by a rood, separating the nave from the choir or chancel of a church.

Origin of rood screen

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby rood screen

rood arch, rood beam, Roodepoort, Roodepoort-Maraisburg, rood loft, rood screen, rood spire, roof, roof-deck, roofer, roof garden

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Example sentences from the Web for rood screen

The rood-screen is partly modern, but contains some old work.
Somerset|G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade
From this point examine the exquisite Renaissance tracery of the rood-screen and staircases.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3|Various
Beyond the rood-screen in the chancel the candles on the altar flickered in yellow flames beneath a slight draught.
Phases of an Inferior Planet|Ellen Glasgow
Parts of the rood-screen remain, and on the panels are painted saints and doctors of the Church, and a king and queen.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts|Rosalind Northcote

The rood-screen, lectern and pulpit are of carved oak, all comparatively new.
Hertfordshire|Herbert W Tompkins

British Dictionary definitions for rood screen

rood screen

noun

a partition of stone or wood, often richly carved and decorated, that separates the chancel from the main part of a church: it is surmounted by a crucifix (rood), and was an important feature of medieval churches, though in England many rood screens were destroyed at the Reformation

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单词	rood screen
释义	rood screen SEE SYNONYMS FOR rood screen ON THESAURUS.COM noun a screen, often of elaborate design and properly surmounted by a rood, separating the nave from the choir or chancel of a church. Origin of rood screen First recorded in 1835–45 Words nearby rood screen rood arch, rood beam, Roodepoort, Roodepoort-Maraisburg, rood loft, rood screen, rood spire, roof, roof-deck, roofer, roof garden Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rood screen The rood-screen is partly modern, but contains some old work. Somerset\|G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade From this point examine the exquisite Renaissance tracery of the rood-screen and staircases. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3\|Various Beyond the rood-screen in the chancel the candles on the altar flickered in yellow flames beneath a slight draught. Phases of an Inferior Planet\|Ellen Glasgow Parts of the rood-screen remain, and on the panels are painted saints and doctors of the Church, and a king and queen. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts\|Rosalind Northcote The rood-screen, lectern and pulpit are of carved oak, all comparatively new. Hertfordshire\|Herbert W Tompkins British Dictionary definitions for rood screen rood screen noun a partition of stone or wood, often richly carved and decorated, that separates the chancel from the main part of a church: it is surmounted by a crucifix (rood), and was an important feature of medieval churches, though in England many rood screens were destroyed at the Reformation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rood screen gallery, jube, rood arch, rood loft
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rood screen

noun

Origin of rood screen

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noun

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