rood screen

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noun

a screen, often of elaborate design and properly surmounted by a rood, separating the nave from the choir or chancel of a church.

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Origin of rood screen

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby rood screen

rood arch, rood beam, Roodepoort, Roodepoort-Maraisburg, rood loft, rood screen, rood spire, roof, roof-deck, roofer, roof garden

How to use rood screen in a sentence

The garrulous assistant to a fading screen siren in Clouds of Sils Maria.
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“JSwipe is currently under heavy load,” flashed across the screen, one night as a friend and I looked at it.
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A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
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Her name was Courtney, and she was a fashion editor for magazines like Photoplay, Screenland, Silver Screen.
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A more rugged version of American masculinity is hard to find on screen.
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Among the Perpendicular additions to the church last named may be noted a very beautiful oaken rood-screen.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4|Various
The fire had been heaped over with earth—to screen it from prying eyes, I suppose, while the good work went on.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Now, he chose a small table in a corner of the balcony, close to the glass screen.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
According to a weekly paper not only is Constance Binney a famous screen star, but she is also a first-class ukelele player.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
It was ten minutes before she raised her hand and pointed to a wilted but still effective screen.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for rood screen

rood screen

noun

a partition of stone or wood, often richly carved and decorated, that separates the chancel from the main part of a church: it is surmounted by a crucifix (rood), and was an important feature of medieval churches, though in England many rood screens were destroyed at the Reformation

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rood screen

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