jube

American  

[joo-bee, yoo-bey] / ˈdʒu bi, ˈyu beɪ /

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.

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jube ¹ British  

/ ˈdʒuːbɪ /

noun

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

2. another name for rood screen

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jube ² British  

/ dʒuːb /

noun

1. informal any jelly-like sweet

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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

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 jube, by Mengelberg of Utrecht, is distinctly good.

From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

Our people lie under one of the great marble slabs before the jube, some of the memorial brass balusters of which are engraved with their names and the dates of their decease.

From Imaginary Portraits by Pater, Walter

Deinde ubi Episcopi Sacerdotum palmas tantum inungunt, jube illos internam atque externam manum, ad h�c caput ipsum et simul totam faciem perungere.

From Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Now that the King is crowned, he ascends the steps of the jube, and seats himself upon the throne.

From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron