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Synonyms for rood screen

Most common

choir screen altar screen dorsal jube

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval church; it originally carried a large crucifix; in continental Europe it often featured a balcony from which the Gospel and sermons could be read.

    Near-synonyms: dorsal, dossal

Related words

Is a kind of
screen partition
Other spellings
rood-screen

Example sentences

  • dorsal Desert lizards have fine, granular dorsal scales.

By length

4 letters
jube
6 letters
dorsal2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dorsal2 = 2 syllables).