Definition of Rood screen

1. Noun. A screen in a church; separates the nave from the choir or chancel.

Group relationships: Church, Church Building
Generic synonyms: Screen

Definition of Rood screen

1. Noun. (architecture) A carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval church; it originally carried a large crucifix ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rood Screen

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rood goose
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Literary usage of Rood screen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"An altar standing against the nave or outer side of a rood screen. ROOD ARCH. The central arch in a rood screen, the rood being over it. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The rood-arch was the arch separating chancel from nave, under which the rood and rood-screen were usually situated. A rood-door was either the central door ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The rood-arch was the arch separating chancel from nave, under which the rood and rood-screen were usually situated. A rood-door was either the central door ..."

4. Screens and Galleries in English Churches by Francis Bond (1908)
"THE rood screen The rood screen was normally a solid wall with a little ... Then they passed in two files through the two doorways of the rood screen, ..."

5. Screens and Galleries in English Churches by Francis Bond (1908)
"THE rood screen The rood screen was normally a solid wall with a little ... Then they passed in two files through the two doorways of the rood screen, ..."

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