Crossword-Solution: HAGIOSCOPE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hagioscope | 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. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “HAGIOSCOPE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| an opening cut in the wall of a church to enable viewing of the altar | 1 answer |
| Squint | 9 answers |
| Church part | 55 answers |
| Opener | 72 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with HAGIOSCOPE (5)
Why shouldn’t you get an uncommonly pretty girl with a good voice to sing to you—while you are still in a position to listen? But if you care to take my advice, next time you will see that the shutter of that hagioscope, or whatever they call it, is locked, as such elevated delights ‘à deux’ are apt to be misinterpreted by the vulgar.
Why not begin with her? In fact, why not peruse these pages together—it would lead to some interesting arguments? Why pore over them in this selfish manner all alone and at the dead of night when no one can possibly disturb you, or, since you have blocked the hagioscope, even see you? And why does the door of that safe stand open? Because of the risk of fire if anyone should chance to come in with a candle, I suppose.
The two chapels opening from the chancel contain some interesting features, which include a hagioscope, and both are enclosed by old screens.
Professor Willis placed it more to the westward, thinking that a quatrefoiled opening or hagioscope in the screen wall of the last bay on the north side of the Presbytery (marked 9 on plan) was made to afford a view of it from the aisle.
From the south transept a hagioscope slants through the wall to the chancel; and in one of the windows of the north aisle is a bit of very old, though not very beautiful, stained glass.