HAGIOSCOPE
Etymology
Noun
hagioscope (plural hagioscopes)
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
Synonym: squint
Anagrams
• oesophagic, Ĺ“sophagic
Source: Wiktionary
Ha"gi*o*scope`, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope.]
Definition: An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint. Hook.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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