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Definition of Hagioscopes
1. hagioscope [n] - See also: hagioscope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hagioscopes
Literary usage of Hagioscopes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curious Church Gleanings edited by William Andrews (1896)
"Examples of these oblique openings, or hagioscopes, are to be found in nearly
every county in England, but, notwithstanding this, they are by no means ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1900)
"At St. John's, Winchester, on each side of the chancel arch, within the screen,
are hagioscopes, one looking from the south aisle toward the altar, ..."
3. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1849)
"Now it is quite impossible to agree with this, as it is well known that many
large hagioscopes exist which can be for no other purpose than to afford a view ..."
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