hagioscope
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- hagioscopic adjective
Etymology
Origin of hagioscope
Example Sentences
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It has a church, built about 1250, with a gabled tower and with a hagioscope in the chancel.
From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Holmes, Edric
The visitor will notice the ancient font; also a hagioscope and holy water stoup.
From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Holmes, Edric
The two chapels opening from the chancel contain some interesting features, which include a hagioscope, and both are enclosed by old screens.
From Yorkshire by Home, Gordon
The hagioscope in the chancel appears as a window in the outer wall.
From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Holmes, Edric
Why pore over them in this selfish manner all alone and at the dead of night when no one can possibly disturb you, or, since you have blocked the hagioscope, even see you?
From Stella Fregelius by Haggard, Henry Rider
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