hagioscope
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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 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 Wade, G. W.
"Yes; but the change in them which you suggest would not fully meet the difficulty, even if a squint or hagioscope should also be provided."
From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Field, Walter
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 Terry, Jean F. (Jean Finlay)
A low side window near the southwest corner has been variously described as a confessional, a hagioscope, and a leper window.
From Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End by Holmes, Edric
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