jube

[joo-bee, yoo-bey]

noun

Architecture.

1. a screen with an upper platform, separating the choir of a church from the nave and often supporting a rood.

2. a rood loft.

jube

¹

/ ˈdʒuːbɪ /

noun

1. a gallery or loft over the rood screen in a church or cathedral

2. another name for rood screen

jube

²

/ dʒuːb /

noun

1. informal,  any jelly-like sweet

Word History and Origins

Origin of jube¹

1715–25; < Latin jubē, first word of prayer beginning Jubē, Domine, benedicere consent, O Lord, to bless; said at or near this screen

Word History and Origins

Origin of jube¹

C18: from French jubé, from opening words of Medieval Latin prayer Jube, Domine, benedicere Bid, Lord, a blessing; probably from the deacon's standing by the rood screen or in the rood loft to pronounce this prayer

Origin of jube²

C20: shortened from _jujube