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rood-screen

rood-screen is the alternative form of rood screen.

Meaning of rood screen

Noun

rood screen (plural rood screens)

  1. A 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
    Synonyms:
    altar screen, chancel screen, choir screen, jubé, dorsal, dossal

Forms of rood-screen

pluralrood-screens

Questions about rood-screen

What is rood-screen the alternative form of?
Rood-screen is the alternative form of rood screen.

Words near rood-screen in the dictionary

  1. rood goose
  2. rood screen
  3. rood screens
  4. rood-loft
  5. rood-lofts
  6. rood-screen
  7. rood-screens
  8. rood-steeple
  9. rood-steeples
  10. rood-tree
  11. rood-trees

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