Meaning Of The Word Rood screen
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What's The Definition Of Rood screen?
rood screen in American English
an ornamental screen, usually with a rood above it supported by a beam (rood beam), serving as a partition between the nave and the chancel of a church noun: a screen, often of elaborate design and properly surmounted by a rood, separating the nave from the choir or chancel of a church rood screen in British English 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 |
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