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altar_screen

altar screen

English

Noun

altar screen ‎(plural altar screens)

(architecture, Christianity) A partition, often richly decorated, separating the nave from the chancel in a church; a rood screen.

Synonyms

rood screen

Translations

an often richly decorated partition separating the nave from the chancel in a church

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