chancel screen
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Dr. Fosdick's party paused to study the great, stone chancel screen curving from reading desk to pulpit.
From Time Magazine Archive
As she passed between the men and women to the big pew joining the chancel screen, they all touched their forelocks or dropped curtsies before resuming their seats.
From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
St Helen's keeps its old chancel screen, but it is in a mutilated condition, for the rood-beam was taken away to be cut up into bench-ends!
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Northcote, Rosalind
The decorated oak chancel screen is again a noticeable feature, and its restoration has brought to light the remains of paintings on its lower panels.
From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Walford, Edwin
"No; I believe it is only ancient custom which decides upon the chancel screen; it is, too, the most convenient part of the church for this purpose."
From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Field, Walter
