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parclose

/pahr-klohz/US // ˈpɑrˌkloʊz //UK // (ˈpɑːˌkləʊz) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.

Examples

  • The people occupy the choir, hemmed in between these rails and the parclose screens under the side arches.

  • There are no signs of any parclose screens across the transept, and the position of the chapel of Sta.

  • The north porch, separated by a parclose from the chapel of the Cross, has an excellent Transitional door.

  • The carved parclose of stone and two altar-tombs to the Hanhams are the chief points of interest.

  • The screen and parclose screen are also good, and the communion rails and table in the vestry are of Elizabethan date.

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