jube

[ joo-bee, yoo-bey ]

noun

, Architecture.

1. a screen with an upper platform, separating the choir of a church from the nave and often supporting a rood.
2. a rood loft.

jube

¹

/ ˈdʒuːbɪ /

noun

1. a gallery or loft over the rood screen in a church or cathedral
2. another name for rood screen

jube

²

/ dʒuːb /

noun

1. informal.
   any jelly-like sweet

Word History and Origins

Origin of jube¹

1715–25; < Latin jubē, first word of prayer beginning Jubē, Domine, benedicere consent, O Lord, to bless; said at or near this screen

Word History and Origins

Origin of jube¹

C18: from French jubé, from opening words of Medieval Latin prayer Jube, Domine, benedicere Bid, Lord, a blessing; probably from the deacon's standing by the rood screen or in the rood loft to pronounce this prayer

Origin of jube²

C20: shortened from jujube

Example Sentences

Fust fing Jube knows he'll be hobblin er round on two legs ef he aint kilt rite ded.

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If yu don't answer white man I'm agwine to sick ole Jube on yu, und run yu outen dis plantashun.

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"See if Jube is not honest," he added, pressing the bronze box between his hands, and forcing some secret spring to recoil.

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Among these good men—good in spite of ignorance and wrong endured—was the black man Jube.

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Jube unclasped his great hands, and with a reverential touch attempted to close the eyes.

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