altar screen

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

altar screen (plural altar screens)

Altar and screen

(architecture, Christianity) A partition, often richly decorated, separating the nave from the chancel in a church; a rood screen.

Synonyms[edit]

rood screen

Translations[edit]

an often richly decorated partition separating the nave from the chancel in a church

Finnish: kuoriaita

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