hagioscope
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It has a church, built about 1250, with a gabled tower and with a hagioscope in the chancel.
From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Edric Holmes
The chancel is out of centre with the nave, necessitating a large hagioscope on N. An ungainly modern N. aisle needlessly emphasises this lop-sidedness.
From Somerset by G. W. Wade
The hagioscope, or "squint" in this church, and the "leper" window in St. Peter's are interesting relics of the Middle Ages.
From Northumberland Yesterday and To-day by Jean F. (Jean Finlay) Terry
The name hagioscope has been used to describe these oblique openings.
From Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them by Sidney Heath
The rest of the fabric has undergone restoration, though it retains a hagioscope and two piscinas.
From Somerset by G. W. Wade
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