Definitions for parclose

parclose par·close

Spelling: [pahr-klohz]
IPA: /ˈpɑrˌkloʊz/

Parclose is a 8 letter English word.

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Definitions for parclose

noun

  1. (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.

Origin of parclose

1300-50; Middle English Middle French, noun use of feminine of parclos, past participle of parclore to enclose fully. See per-, close

Examples for parclose

The carved sides of this were originally part of the parclose by which the tombs of the Scropes were surrounded in Easby Abbey.

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

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

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

Great inconvenience often arises from the exclusive character of the parclose.

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

Within this screen, evidently a good many years later, a manorial pew was made, the side of which is within the parclose.

At Wensley we saw the carved sides of what was once their parclose.

The parclose Screen, separating the choir from the presbytery, is a peculiar feature of this Cathedral.

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