Definition of hagioscope Hagioscope
hag•i•o•scope
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What does hagioscope mean?
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hagioscope
hag′-, or hā′ji-o-skōp, n. an oblique opening in the screen or chancel wall of a church to afford a view of the chief altar to those in a side chapel or aisle, a squint.—adj. Hagioscop′ic. [Gr. hagios, holy, skopein, to look.]
