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What is a rood?

What is a rood? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (archaic) A crucifix, cross.
  2. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
  3. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A measure of five and a half yards in length.
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Tiny and towerless, with 15th-century wooden fixtures intact, St. Edith's is simplicity itself, save its intricately carved rood screen.
After she'd stopped screaming she turns to run out of the rood, smack bang into the door.
I favour expeditiousness, to clear the path so that our aspirations are not twisted by protracted disputes over acre, rood, and perch.
Then there was William Dowsing, the official iconoclast who went around East Anglia ordering the destruction of rood screens and stained-glass windows.
The form of the Celtic cross comes from the large one on the chancel rood screen, a dominant visual feature of the church.
The representation of the Passion of Christ on the rood screen is a key position within the overall concept in Naumburg.

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