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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


jube

2

/ dʒuːb /

noun

  1. informal.
    any jelly-like sweet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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
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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
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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