单词 | hagioscope |
释义 | hagioscopen. A small opening or window in a chancel arch or wall, enabling worshippers (esp. those in an aisle or side chapel) to see the elevation of the host during the sacrament of the Eucharist; = squint n. 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > for looking through oillet1333 loop1393 sight-hole1559 tote-hole1561 peepholea1570 loophole1591 eyehole1655 grille1686 slit17.. eyelet1762 eyelet hole1774 spying-hole1791 eye-loop1803 squint1839 hagioscope1840 Judas hole1858 peek-hole1867 oillet pane1873 spy-hole1888 squint1891 viewport1942 society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > other parts > [noun] > hagioscope squint1839 hagioscope1840 lychnoscope1843 leper window1850 squint-hole1889 1840 Few Hints on Eccl. Antiq. (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. 1844 F. A. Paley 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. 1973 S. Freeman et al. tr. L. Mallé Figurative Art in Piedmont II. 146 An aisleless nave that is given an unusually theatrical timbre by the employment of hagioscopes as large niches to house plastic groups. 2016 D. Grumett Material Eucharist ii. 71 If a hagioscope was cut into an external wall, even lepers or others deemed inadmissible could contemplate the liturgy from outside. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1840 |
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