HAGIOSCOPE


Meaning of HAGIOSCOPE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈha-gē-ə-ˌskōp, ˈhā-jē- ]

noun

Date: circa 1840

: an opening in the interior walls of a cruciform church so placed as to afford a view of the altar to those in the transept

• ha·gio·scop·ic ˌha-gē-ə-ˈskä-pik, ˌhā-, -jē- adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.