Rood
n.
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A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.
Savior, in thine image seen
Bleeding on that precious rood.
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A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole. [Prov. Eng.]
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The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
Phrases & Compounds
- By the rood
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by the cross; -- a phrase formerly used in swearing.
- Rood beam
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a beam across the chancel of a church, supporting the rood.
- Rood loft
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a loft or gallery, in a church, on which the rood and its appendages were set up to view.
- Rood screen
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a screen, between the choir and the body of the church, over which the rood was placed.
- Rood tower
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a tower at the intersection of the nave and transept of a church; -- when crowned with a spire it was called also rood steeple.
- Rood tree
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the cross.