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Etymology
From hagio- (“saint”) + -scope (“viewing instrument”).
Noun
hagioscope (plural hagioscopes)
- (architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
- Synonyms: leper's squint, lychnoscope, squint
1886, Miss M. A. R. Tucker, “St. David's”, in Walford's Antiquarian: A Magazine & Bibliographical Review:It appears that Drs. Jones and Freeman account for the arch over the hagioscope at St. David's by saying, though without citing authorities, that there was a door there originally.
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