Usually means: Cross or crucifix in churches.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word rood:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. rood: Merriam-Webster
  2. rood: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rood: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rood: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rood: Vocabulary.com
  6. Rood, rood: Wordnik
  7. Rood, rood: Wiktionary
  8. rood: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. rood: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. rood: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Rood, rood: Dictionary.com
  12. rood: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. ROOD, Rood (disambiguation), Rood (song), Rood (unit), Rood: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Rood: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. rood: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. rood: Rhymezone
  17. Rood, rood: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. rood: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. rood: FreeDictionary.org
  20. rood: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. rood: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. rood: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. ROOD: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)
  2. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rood: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rood: Wordcraft Dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rood: Catholic Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Rood)

noun:  (archaic) A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
noun:  A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
noun:  (Chester, historical) An area of sixty-four square yards.
noun:  (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A measure of five and a half yards in length.
noun:  (archaic) The human face.
noun:  A surname.

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