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Keywords: crucifix, chancel, crucifixion, saxon, nave

A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.

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Crucifix, cross of Christ especially when raised on middle of screen.

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A carved crucifixion scene, including Christ on the Cross, St John, and the Virgin Mary. Often mounted on a "rood-screen".

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representation of the cross on which Jesus died

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a crucifix, usually wooden, suspended across the chancel arch above the rood screen; it could also be painted on the chancel arch

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a large crucifix (christ on the cross) usually over the entrance to the chancel. A rood tower or spire is one situated over the crossing.

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a cross erected at the entry to the chancel. Like most roods, the one in Vernon has figures of the Virgin Mary on one side and St. John on the other.

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A wooden and occasionally painted crucifixion hung in a church.

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The crucifix, which is the cross that Jesus was nailed to.

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(Old Saxon: “cross”, “crucifix”) In early Christian churches, a rood was set up at the east end of the nave, flanked by figures of the Virgin and St. John. It was usually wooden and fixed to a special beam in the chancel arch above the rood loft. Sometimes the rood was painted on the wall above the chancel arch.

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A cross or crucifix.

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The cross of Christ

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Saxon word for cross or crucifix - set at the east end of nave fixed to a special beam stretching from respond to respond of the chancel arch

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Keywords: saxon, acre, anglo, yards, scotland

A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole.

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The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.

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Unit of area usually equal to 1/4 acre.

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four roods to the acre.

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The traditional unit of wall measurement, 6 yards (5.5m) in granite districts in Scotland and 7 yards (6.4m) in limestone districts and through most of Yorkshire.

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an old English ( Anglo-Saxon) unit equal to quarter an acre, i

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(1) A unit of length varying locally from 5 to 8 yards. (2) A unit of land measurement, equal to 40 square rods or 1/4 acre. (3) A "rod" is a linear measurement of 5 yards or 16 feet.

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A measurement of land amounting to 1210 square yards and equal to a quarter of an acre.

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A Scottish rood (ruid in Lowland Scots, rÃ²d in Scottish Gaelic) was a land measurement of Anglo-Saxon origin. It was in greatest use in the South East of Scotland, and along the border, whereas in the north various other systems were used, based on the land's productivity, rather than actual area. Four Scottish roods made up a Scottish acre.

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Keywords: etymology, distinct, derived, basic, meanings

Rood has several distinct meanings, all derived from the same basic etymology.

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Keywords: measurements, see

See measurements.

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