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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar..
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.
Use hagioscope when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hagioscope means (architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar..
Common synonyms include leper's squint, lychnoscope, squint.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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