rood screen
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
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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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