rood
Chancel's large crucifix
A rood is a crucifix, especially a large one mounted on a beam or screen at the entrance to the chancel of a medieval church.
The rood screen separated the nave from the choir.
The word is archaic outside historical and ecclesiastical contexts.
Rood also once meant a quarter-acre of land, a sense now obsolete.
Resting spot for birds
- poleCylindrical shaft or extremity
- furlongEquestrian distance measure
- chainLinked segments forming length
- acreLand area measurement
surveying · land · medieval · measurement · length · area · Anglo-Saxon · customary
Altar-adjacent clergy space
- naveChurch's main interior
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- altarSacred ritual table
- choirOrganized group of singers
crucifix · beam · gallery · partition · tracery · carved · wooden · painted
Cross with Christ figure
- ChristThe anointed savior
- JesusChristian faith's divine son
- GolgothaBiblical execution hilltop
- CalvaryBiblical execution mount
Passion · crucifixion · INRI · corpus · relic · veneration · Good Friday · redemption
Adherent of the gospel
- faithTrust without proof
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
suffering · martyrdom · devotion · piety · worship · emblem · icon · sacred
1066 England conqueror
- RomanesqueRound-arched medieval building style
- carvedCut to create form
- woodenMade from timber
- gildedOverlaid with gold leaf
painted · Reformation · dissolution · iconoclasm · destroyed · surviving · restored · English
perch
Resting spot for birds
- poleCylindrical shaft or extremity
- furlongEquestrian distance measure
- chainLinked segments forming length
acre · surveying · land · medieval · measurement · length · area · Anglo-Saxon · customary · historical
chancel
Altar-adjacent clergy space
choir · crucifix · beam · gallery · partition · tracery · carved · wooden · painted · medieval
crucifix
Cross with Christ figure
Calvary · Passion · crucifixion · INRI · corpus · relic · veneration · Good Friday · redemption · salvation
Christian
Adherent of the gospel
- faithTrust without proof
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
atonement · suffering · martyrdom · devotion · piety · worship · emblem · icon · sacred · holy
Norman
1066 England conqueror
- RomanesqueRound-arched medieval building style
- carvedCut to create form
- woodenMade from timber
gilded · painted · Reformation · dissolution · iconoclasm · destroyed · surviving · restored · English · church
- measurementsheight, stature, meters, depth, pound
- Length Unitsinch, foot, feet, yard, mile
- crossesstone crosses, Celtic crosses, wooden crosses, iron crosses, roadside crosses
- unitsunit, angstrom, yard, meter, base units
- Old Unitscubit, fathom, furlong, league, pace
- church sculptureangel statue, crucifix, pieta, pietà, relief carving