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1. Partition of timber, stone, or metal, not part of the main structure of a church, to separate the nave from the choir (called variously chancel-, choir-, Rood-screen, or pulpitum), nave from choir-or chancel-aisle (called parclose screen), or to define a chantry-or mortuary-chapel, etc.
2. Any other such screen, as in a medieval hall, defining the screens passage.
3. Open colonnade or arcade around a court, e.g. in a cloister.
1. Partition of timber, stone, or metal, not part of the main structure of a church, to separate the nave from the choir (called variously chancel-, choir-, Rood-screen, or pulpitum), nave from choir-or chancel-aisle (called parclose screen), or to define a chantry-or mortuary-chapel, etc.
2. Any other such screen, as in a medieval hall, defining the screens passage.
3. Open colonnade or arcade around a court, e.g. in a cloister.
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