JUBE


Meaning of JUBE in English

/jooh"bee, yooh"bay/ , n. Archit.

1. a screen with an upper platform, separating the choir of a church from the nave and often supporting a rood.

2. a rood loft.

[ 1715-25; jube, first word of prayer beginning Jube, Domine, benedicere consent, O Lord, to bless; said at or near this screen ]

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