rood screen

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

(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

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rood′ screen`

a screen separating the nave from the choir or chancel of a church.

[1835–45]

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Noun

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

jubé

rood screen

n → Lettner m (spec)

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In place of what would have been the original rood screen, a partition wall separates the nave from the choir.