Ha″gi‐o‐scope′ (hā″jĭ‐ō̍‐skōp′), n. [Gr. ἅγιοσ sacred + -scope.] An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; — called, in architecture, a squint. Hook.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.