English Dictionary

hagioscope

名詞

(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.

日本語の意味

教会内の壁に設けられた小さな窓または開口部で、横廊から高位祭壇を望むために用いられる

From the side aisle, I could glimpse the priest through the hagioscope as he prepared the Eucharist at the high altar.

側廊から、主祭壇で聖体拝領の準備をしている司祭を、教会の内壁にある小さな開口部越しに垣間見た。

意味（1）

(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.

It appears that Drs. Jones and Freeman account for the arch over the hagioscope at St. David's by saying, though without citing authorities, that there was a door there originally.

hagioscopes （ plural ）