jube
Americannoun
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a screen with an upper platform, separating the choir of a church from the nave and often supporting a rood.
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a rood loft.
noun
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a gallery or loft over the rood screen in a church or cathedral
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another name for rood screen
noun
Etymology
Origin of jube
1715–25; < Latin jubē, first word of prayer beginning Jubē, Domine, benedicere consent, O Lord, to bless; said at or near this screen
Example Sentences
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This jube, glittering with gold, was placed about one hundred and fifty feet from the portal.
From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
The latter, being at Rome, heard this sentence read from the writings of the former: “Da quod jubes, et jube quod vis”—Give what thou commandest, and command what thou willest.
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman
Under the organ are two sculptured Renaissance bas-reliefs, taken from the ancient jube, and representing a "Descent from the Cross" and "Christ Bearing the Cross."
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
Among the other decorative features are an elaborately conceived "tree of Jesse," an unusually massive rood-loft or jube, and a high-altar of much magnificence.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
In the middle of the nave was erected a magnificent jube, where the throne of Charles X. was placed.
From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
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