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Hagioscope
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Hagioscope, n. [Gr. "a`gios 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. [1913 Webster]
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