rood screen

rood screen

n. In medieval churches, an often openwork wall-like screen separating the choir from the nave and extending upward to the rood beam.

rood screen

n (Architecture) 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

rood′ screen`

n. a screen separating the nave from the choir or chancel of a church. [1835–45]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rood screen - a screen in a church; separates the nave from the choir or chancelchurch building, church - a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"screen - partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space

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