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Meaning of "hagioscope" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAGIOSCOPE

ˈhæɡɪəˌskəʊp


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAGIOSCOPE

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Hagioscope is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HAGIOSCOPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hagioscope

A hagioscope or squint, in architecture, is an opening through the wall of a church in an oblique direction, to enable the worshippers in the transepts or other parts of the church, from which the altar was not visible, to see the elevation of the host. Hagioscopes were also sometimes known as "leper windows" wherein a squint was made in an external wall so that lepers and other non-desirables could see the service without coming into contact with the rest of the populace. Squint or Leper window at St. Martin's Church Liskeard, Cornwall, England. In medieval architecture hagioscopes were often a low window in the chancel wall and were frequently protected by either a wooden shutter or iron bars. Hagioscopes are found on one or both sides of the chancel arch; in some cases a series of openings has been cut in the walls in an oblique line to enable a person standing in the porch to see the altar; in this case and in other instances such openings were sometimes provided for an attendant, who had to ring the Sanctus bell when the Host was elevated.

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAGIOSCOPE»

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The Medieval Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales: A ...
Breedon priory: intact hagioscope at upper storey level in north wall of north choir aisle; C13/C 14 Canterbury cathedra I-priory: 1. intact windowed watching chamber for Becket's shrine over chapel of St. Anselm; c. 1220 2. intact vaulted ...
Roland W. Morant, 2004
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The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture:
Inthenorth and southtransepts of Minster LovelChurch, Oxfordshire, are oblique openings, archedheaded and foliated; andinthenorth aisle of ChippingNorton Church, in the samecounty, isa singular hagioscope, obliquely disposed, not unlike ...
Matthew Holbeche Bloxam, 2014
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39 Microlectures: In Proximity of Performance
Many of the old cathedrals of Europe feamre an architecmral innovation known as the hagioscope - a small notch cut through a cohtmn which allows those standing in the side aisle to view the altar Mayhe renovators added the notch in ...
Matthew Goulish, 2002
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The Ribble Way: A Northern England Trail
The 13th-century double piscina and triple sedilia are interesting features in the chancel, as is the hagioscope in the north wall. Often termed 'a Iepers' squint', a hagioscope allows a view of the proceedings Tradition has it that every church ...
Dennis Kelsall, Jan Kelsall, 2011
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Painterly Perspective and Piety: Religious Uses of the ...
One rather specialized structural adaptation, certainly appearing well after 1312 ( when universal observance of the Corpus Christi Feast was finally demanded at the Council ofVienne), was the hagioscope (“holy viewer”), also known as a ...
John F. Moffitt, 2008
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Hardev Bahri, 1995
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Chunnel Surfer II
This hagioscope I built should be just the thing to find out what's causing the whole thing. All you have to do is follow the arrow, and you should be able to find the center of the phenomenon." "Excuse me, but why do we need to know this?
Scott Maddix, 2007
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The Antiquary
Llanfair Dyffrin-Clwyd Church, Ruthin, has another, but dated only a.d. 1723. Among other curiosities may be reckoned the Hagioscope, which is found in many old churches up and down the country. They are known under a variety of names ...
Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson, 1900
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The Racing Calender for the Year 1885. Races to Come. Volume ...
... Coeruleus Coeruleus Coeruleus Cceruleus Cceruleus Coeruleus Cceruleus Hagioscope Hagioscope Hagioscope Hagioscope Hagioscope Hagioscope Rotherhill liotherhill Petrarch Galop (1216) Princess Theresa (12lb) □ Amice ( 12ft) .
J., E., and J. P. Weatherby, 1885
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Notes and Queries
NOTES i— " Hagioscope " or Oriel 301— Bacon-Shakespeare Question, 302— Keats's 1 Ode to a Nightingale '—Gods and Men, 305 — Thomas Hood— Jews In Bit gland — ' The Prime Minister at Whittlnghame'— House of Commons' ...
William White, 1903

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAGIOSCOPE»

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Somerset's medieval lepers meet the Tory visionary dream team
... in St Bueno's church through a bespoke “leper window”, or hagioscope, and nourished only by donations of food abandoned by the villagers. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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