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Hagioscope - Wikipedia
A small splayed opening or tunnel at seated eye-level, through an internal masonry dividing wall of a church in an oblique direction (south-east or north-east)
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Hagioscope | Church Viewing, Medieval Art & Religious Symbolism
hagioscope, in architecture, any opening, usually oblique, cut through a wall or a pier in the chancel of a church to enable the congregation—in transepts or ...
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HAGIOSCOPE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of HAGIOSCOPE is an opening in the interior walls of a cruciform church so placed as to afford a view of the altar to those in the transept.
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hagioscope
hagioscope (ˈhægɪəʊskəʊp) Also agioscope. [f. Gr. ἅγιος sacred, holy + -scope.] A small opening, cut through a chancel arch or wall, to enable worshippers in an aisle or side chapel to obtain a view of the elevation of the host; a squint; also, sometimes applied to a particular kind of window in the...
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How “Hagioscope” Windows Offered a Holy Peek of the Host to ...
Hagioscopes are small, angled openings through church walls. Commonly known as a “squint,” it provided a glimpse of the altar to those who were not permitted ...
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hagioscope - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
hagioscope (plural hagioscopes). (architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
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HAGIOSCOPE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
an oblique opening in the screen or chancel wall of a church to afford a view of the chief altar to those in a side chapel or aisle, a squint.
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Hagioscope or Squint – Welcome to Axmouth Church
The hagioscope, more usually known as the squint, pierces the massive pillar separating the nave from the Bindon Chapel. Its ancient function was to allow the ...
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HAGIOSCOPE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
of, relating to, or resembling a hagioscope, a narrow oblique opening in a wall or pillar of a church designed to allow a view of the altar from a side ...
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Hagioscope Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
Hagioscope definition: A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the main altar.
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TIL some churches have a hagioscope (or squint), a hole in ... - Reddit
TIL some churches have a hagioscope (or squint), a hole in a wall which allowed segregated worshippers to view the altar, one London church ...
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Osgathorpe
There are pleasing north and south windows to the nave and chancel, and in the south wall of the nave can be seen a very unusual hagioscope (or squint)
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squint-hole
squint-hole [f. squint n. 5 or v.] (See quots.)1889 W. Rye Cromer 111 A hagioscope or squint-hole. 1890 Glouc. Gloss. 149 Squint-holes, the long slits in the walls of barns to admit light and air.
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Georgsmarienhütte
A remarkable detail of the church is the Hagioscope which allowed lepers to join the service from outside. Another hagioscope was exposed nearby in St. Clemens, the monastery’s church in Bad Iburg.
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St Oswald's Church, Sowerby
The tower, which contains the remains of the Norman church, was built in the fifteenth century with a hagioscope through which the altar is seen.
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