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hagioscopes

hagioscopes is the plural of hagioscope.

Meaning of hagioscope

Noun

hagioscope (plural hagioscopes)

  1. A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
    • It appears that Drs. Jones and Freeman account for the arch over the hagioscope at St. David's by saying, though without citing authorities, that there was a door there originally.1886, Miss M. A. R. Tucker, “St. David's”, in Walford's Antiquarian: A Magazine & Bibliographical Review

Questions about hagioscopes

What is hagioscopes the plural of?
Hagioscopes is the plural of hagioscope.

Words near hagioscopes in the dictionary

  1. hagiomania
  2. hagionym
  3. hagionyms
  4. hagiophobia
  5. hagioscope
  6. hagioscopes
  7. hagioscopic
  8. Hagiosoritissa
  9. hagiotherapy
  10. hagiotoponym
  11. hagiotoponyms

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