Definition of Hagioscopic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hagioscopic

hagiographically
hagiographies
hagiographist
hagiography
hagiolater
hagiolaters
hagiolatry
hagiologic
hagiological
hagiologies
hagiologist
hagiologists
hagiology
hagioscope
hagioscopes
hagioscopic (current term)
hagiotherapy
haglaz
haglet
haglets
haglike
hagrid
hagridden
hagride
hagrider
hagriders
hagrides
hagriding
hagrode
hags

Literary usage of Hagioscopic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1893)
"These side arches have been blocked, and remarkable hagioscopic cinquefoil perforations of Perpendicular date set obliquely in them. ..."

2. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1861)
"... the chancel and north aisle are one bay shorter, the porch is eleven feet westward of the south transept, and the hagioscopic passage is wanting ..."

3. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1888)
"... arch of hagioscopic kind, but dissimilar. The nave has a bell-cot over its east end. The nave has a new west window of three lights and Decorated ..."

4. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1868)
"MONASTERY OF CHRIST CHURCH IN CANTERBURY. directly to the hagioscopic chamber g by steps, in a passage / running parallel ..."

5. Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of (1847)
"... splayed deeper into the wall, as above represented (F)— perhaps hagioscopic. The internal width of the tower from north to south is 14 ft., ..."

6. Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families by Walter Hawken Tregellas (1884)
"The transept, or Arundell chapel, was once used as a burial-place for the nuns of the adjoining nunnery; it has a hagioscopic communication with the chancel ..."

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