HAGIOSCOPE

Hagioscope

A hagioscope or squint, in architecture, is an opening through the wall of a church in an oblique direction, to enable the worshippers in the transepts or other parts of the church, from which the altar was not visible, to see the elevation of the host.

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hagioscope

Noun

  1. A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar; sometimes called a squint


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