ROOD
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Rood (r&oō_;d), n. [AS. r&ō;d a cross; akin to OS. r&ō;da, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. Cf. Rod a measure.] 1. A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.
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&hand_; Generally, the Trinity is represented, the Father as an elderly man fully clothed, with a nimbus around his head, and holding the cross on which the Son is represented as crucified, the Holy Spirit descending in the form of a dove near the Son's head. Figures of the Virgin Mary and of St. John are often placed near the principal figures.
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Savior, in thine image seen
Bleeding on that precious rood.
Wordsworth.
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2. A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
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By the rood, by the cross; -- a phrase formerly used in swearing. “No, by the rood, not so.” Shak. -- Rood beam (Arch.), a beam across the chancel of a church, supporting the rood. -- Rood loft (Arch.), a loft or gallery, in a church, on which the rood and its appendages were set up to view. Gwilt. -- Rood screen (Arch.), a screen, between the choir and the body of the church, over which the rood was placed. Fairholt. -- Rood tower (Arch.), a tower at the intersection of the nave and transept of a church; -- when crowned with a spire it was called also rood steeple. Weale. -- Rood tree, the cross. [Obs.] “Died upon the rood tree.” Gower.
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