rood screen (redirected from Chancel screen)

rood screen

n.

In medieval churches, an often openwork wall-like screen separating the choir from the nave and extending upward to the rood beam.

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rood screen

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a partition of stone or wood, often richly carved and decorated, that separates the chancel from the main part of a church: it is surmounted by a crucifix (rood), and was an important feature of medieval churches, though in England many rood screens were destroyed at the Reformation

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rood screen - a screen in a church; separates the nave from the choir or chancel church building, church - a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty" screen - partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space

Translations

rood screen

n → Lettner m (spec)