hagioscope
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- hagioscopic adjective
Etymology
Origin of hagioscope
Example Sentences
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A hagioscope opens from this chapel into the chancel, and was discovered accidentally when an arch was being cut on the north wall of the chancel to contain the tomb of Lord Bray.
From Chelsea The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
The chancel is out of centre with the nave, necessitating a large hagioscope on N. An ungainly modern N. aisle needlessly emphasises this lop-sidedness.
From Somerset by Wade, G. W.
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
The rest of the fabric has undergone restoration, though it retains a hagioscope and two piscinas.
From Somerset by Wade, G. W.
In the west wall is a hagioscope, and from a room next the chapel a newel staircase led to the priest's room on the floor above.
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Northcote, Rosalind
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