choir or rood screen
1Rood screen — Rood Rood (r[=oo]d), n. [AS. r[=o]d a cross; akin to OS. r[=o]da, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. Cf. {Rod} a measure.] 1. A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it. [1913 Webster] Note:… …
2rood screen — rood′ screen n. archit. a screen separating the nave from the choir or chancel of a church • Etymology: 1835–45 …
3rood screen — n technical a decorated wooden or stone wall in a Christian church which divides the part where the ↑choir sit from the part where other people sit …
4Rood screen — 15th century jubé from the chapel of St Fiacre at Le Faouet Morbihan, including the two thieves. Usual lo …
5rood screen — noun a screen in a church; separates the nave from the choir or chancel • Hypernyms: ↑screen • Part Holonyms: ↑church, ↑church building * * * noun : a screen separating the chancel of a church from the nave and often surmounted by a cross or… …
6rood screen — a screen, often of elaborate design and properly surmounted by a rood, separating the nave from the choir or chancel of a church. [1835 45] * * * ▪ architecture in Western architecture, element of a Christian church of the Middle Ages or… …
7rood screen — /ˈrud skrin/ (say roohd skreen) noun a screen, often of elaborate design, and properly surmounted by a rood, separating the nave from the choir or chancel of a church …
8rood screen — noun A carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval church; it originally carried a large crucifix Syn: chancel screen, choir screen …
9rood screen — noun (C) a decorated wooden or stone wall in a Christian church, that divides the part where the choir (=singers) sit from the part where other people sit …
10Rood — • A term, often used to signify the True Cross itself, which, with the prefix Holy, occurs as the dedication of some churches Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Rood Rood …
