Hagioscope

[hægiәskәup]

Definition

(n.) An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint.

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Definition

n. an oblique opening in the screen or chancel wall of a church to afford a view of the chief altar to those in a side chapel or aisle a squint.—adj. Hagioscop′ic.

Typist: Randall