rood loft

American  

noun

1. a gallery above a rood screen, approached from stairs, used for chantings and readings.

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Example Sentences

The piers at the chancel entrance contain the staircases leading to the roofs and formerly to the rood loft.

From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.

He died August 8, 1369, and was buried in the cathedral, before the rood loft.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by Quennell, C. H. B. (Charles Henry Bourne)

A memorandum in the churchwardens' accounts speak of him setting up a pair of organs on the rood loft.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

The beautiful high altar, the rood loft, the choir stalls, have long disappeared.

From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine

It has also been stated that the Gospel and Epistle, and various other parts of the service, were read from the rood loft.

From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William