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Rood Screen

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Noun

1. rood screen

a screen in a church; separates the nave from the choir or chancel

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rood Screen

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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 destroyed at the Reformation

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Rood Screen

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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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rood Screen

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

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