Sentence examples for the rood from inspiring English sources
The rood tells him its own story.
The rood screen was erected in association with the rood, which in Old English means "cross," or "crucifix".
The rood also was a British linear unit, containing 660 feet (201.2 metres).
In 16th-century England, with Henry VIII's establishment of the Anglican church, it was decreed that the rood and everything else above the rood beam had to be removed.
Upon this loft, or gallery, were displayed the rood and the two statues (of the Virgin Mary and St. John) that usually flanked it.
Late Renaissance church architects preferred an unbroken view into the chancel from the nave, so by 1800 the rood screen and loft had become virtually obsolete throughout Europe.
Hospitality, culture, singed chickens, mopeds This sound conveys all the activities in the great Rood Wooko market of Ouagadougou.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on November 8 at St . Brigid Church Westbury, NY, followed by interment at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury.
It notes the "simple" rood screen and the "well-maintained" churchyard.
Interment, Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury.
Interment Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, NY.
