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rood screens

rood screens is the plural 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 screens

alternative formrood-screens

Questions about rood screens

What is rood screens the plural of?
Rood screens is the plural of rood screen.

Words near rood screens in the dictionary

  1. Rood Day
  2. Rood End
  3. rood geese
  4. rood goose
  5. rood screen
  6. rood screens
  7. rood-loft
  8. rood-lofts
  9. rood-screen
  10. rood-screens
  11. rood-steeple

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