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A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the main altar.

HAGIOSCOPE - A hagioscope (from Gr. , holy, and , to see) or squint is an architectural term denoting a small splayed opening or tunnel at seated eye-level, throu...

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It views the altar without altering the view
Curious gap I choose for viewing the high altar?

Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles
Jan 1 2010 The Times - Specialist
Aug 28 2004 The Times - Cryptic

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A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the main altar.

Hagioscope description
A hagioscope (from Gr. , holy, and , to see) or squint is an architectural term denoting a small splayed opening or tunnel at seated eye-level, through an internal masonry dividing wall of a church in an oblique direction (south-east or north-east), to enable one or more worshippers in side-chapels, private manorial chapels, chantry chapels at the east ends of the aisles, or other parts of the church from which the high altar in the chancel was not visible, to view the elevation of the host, in Roman Catholic and pre-Reformation usage, the most sacred part of the mass at which point a bell was rung and the congregation was required to make the sign of the cross. Where such areas were separated from the high altar not by a solid wall of masonry but by a transparent parclose screen, a hagioscope was not required as a good view of the high altar was available to all within the sectioned-off area concerned. Where a squint was made in an external wall so that lepers and other non-desirables

Hagioscope description

A hagioscope (from Gr. , holy, and , to see) or squint is an architectural term denoting a small splayed opening or tunnel at seated eye-level, through an internal masonry dividing wall of a church in an oblique direction (south-east or north-east), to enable one or more worshippers in side-chapels, private manorial chapels, chantry chapels at the east ends of the aisles, or other parts of the church from which the high altar in the chancel was not visible, to view the elevation of the host, in Roman Catholic and pre-Reformation usage, the most sacred part of the mass at which point a bell was rung and the congregation was required to make the sign of the cross. Where such areas were separated from the high altar not by a solid wall of masonry but by a transparent parclose screen, a hagioscope was not required as a good view of the high altar was available to all within the sectioned-off area concerned. Where a squint was made in an external wall so that lepers and other non-desirables

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