Usually means: Horizontal beam supporting crucifix, church.
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  1. rood beam: Merriam-Webster
  2. rood beam: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. rood-beam, rood beam: Wordnik
  4. rood beam: Wiktionary
  5. Rood beam, rood beam: Dictionary.com
  6. Rood beam: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. rood beam: FreeDictionary.org
  8. rood beam: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (architecture) A beam across the chancel of a church for supporting the rood.

Similar:
rood-screen, rood, choir screen, roodloft, ridge beam, rooftree, ridgepole, rood-tree, Holy Rood, rostel, more...

Opposite:
floor, foundation, basement, ground level

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Similar:
rood-screen, rood, choir screen, roodloft, ridge beam, rooftree, ridgepole, rood-tree, Holy Rood, rostel, more...

Opposite:
floor, foundation, basement, ground level



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