Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hagioscope"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hagioscope \Ha"gi*o*scope`\, n. [Gr. ? sacred + -scope.]
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.
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