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hagioscope|ˈhægɪəʊskəʊp|
Also agioscope.
[f. Gr. ἅγιος sacred, holy + -scope.]
A small opening, cut through a chancel arch or wall, to enable worshippers in an aisle or side chapel to obtain a view of the elevation of the host; a squint; also, sometimes applied to a particular kind of window in the chancel of a church.
1839–40Hints on Eccl. Antiq. (Cambr. Camden Soc.) (ed. 2) 18 Hagioscope. By this term is intended the aperture made through different parts of the interior walls of a church..in order that the worshippers in the aisles might be able to see the Elevation of the Host. The technical term in use is ‘ Squint’..It is hoped..that the new term..may be thought useful. 1844Paley Church Restorers 35 A..chandelier hung from the roof..threw its faint light through a hagioscope upon the founder's tomb by the altar side. 1845Parker Gloss. Archit. (ed. 4) I. 350 (s.v. Squint) The name of Hagioscope has lately been applied..but it does not seem desirable to give Greek names to the parts of English buildings. 1848B. Webb Continental Eccles. 192 A late wayside church..with open grated hagioscopes.
Hence hagioˈscopic a.
1872Paroch. Hist. Cornwall IV. 125 The transept has an hagioscopic communication with the chancel. 1881N. & Q. 6th Ser. IV. 433/2 The sacrist..could command, by a hagioscopic window, the different parts of the mass. |