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Definition of Parclose
1. n. A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church.
Definition of Parclose
1. Noun. A partition that closes off part of a building; especially one that separates an altar or chapel from the rest of a church. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) An enclosed area, especially one separated from the main body of a building by a screen or partition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parclose
1. a screen dividing areas in a church [n -S]
Medical Definition of Parclose
1. A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Alternative forms: paraclose and perclose. Origin: OF. See Perclose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parclose
Literary usage of Parclose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Screens and Galleries in English Churches by Francis Bond (1908)
"In the greater churches these parclose screens were usually of stone ; Prior ...
In France the parclose ..."
2. Screens and Galleries in English Churches by Francis Bond (1908)
"In the greater churches these parclose screens were usually of stone ; Prior ...
In France the parclose ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1908)
"By the word " parclose " was meant an enclosure, screen, or railing, ... The "
parclose " was intended not only to protect the founder's grave, ..."
4. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"(sv Parcel, B. 1). parclose, perclose, close, conclusion, esp. of literary matter.
Warner, Alb. Eng. Epit. (ed. 1612, 377); Quarles, Sol. Recant. vii. 97. ..."
5. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1857)
"That anch a parclose of stone formerly stood around the presbytery, where the
iron rococo grills, dating from the year 1769, now form the screen, ..."
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