hagioscope
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- hagioscopic adjective
Etymology
Origin of hagioscope
Example Sentences
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Why pore over them in this selfish manner all alone and at the dead of night when no one can possibly disturb you, or, since you have blocked the hagioscope, even see you?
From Stella Fregelius by Haggard, Henry Rider
There is a good reredos, a piscina, and a hagioscope.
From Somerset by Wade, G. W.
The former was once the seat of a Benedictine priory founded in the reign of Henry I. The church has a hagioscope and a square Norman font.
From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Holmes, Edric
The two chapels opening from the chancel contain some interesting features, which include a hagioscope, and both are enclosed by old screens.
From Yorkshire by Home, Gordon
The rest of the fabric has undergone restoration, though it retains a hagioscope and two piscinas.
From Somerset by Wade, G. W.
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