A hagioscope (from Gr. άγιος, holy, and σκοπός, to see) or squint, in architecture, is an opening through the wall of a church in an oblique direction, to enable the worshippers in the transepts or other parts of the church, from which the altar was not visible, to see the elevation of the host. Hagioscopes were also sometimes known as ...
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opening in wall to enable viewing of altar
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• (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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in architecture, any opening, usually oblique, cut through a wall or a pier in the chancel of a church to enable the congregation—in transepts or ...
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see squint
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In a wall usually to allow sight of the altar. Also called Squint
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In a wall usually to allow sight of the altar. Also called Squint
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Ha'gi·o·scope` (hā'jĭ*o*skōp`)
noun [ Greek
'a`gios sacred +
-scope .] 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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hagioscope Related 'holy, sacred' word families: hiero-; icono-; sacro-; sanct-.
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