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Parclose

Păr'a-clōse, n.

noun

n. [Written also parclose and perclos.] [O. Fr. paraclose, parclose, an inclosed place, from Lat. per, through, and claudere, clausum, to shut.] (Eccl. Arch.) A screen separating a chapel from the body of a church. Hook.

Pār'clōse, n.

noun

n. (Eccl. Arch.) A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. See PARACLOSE. Hook.