Hagioscope

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hagioscope \Ha"gi*o*scope`\ (h[=a]"j[i^]*[-o]*sk[=o]p`), n. [Gr.
     "a`gios 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.
     [1913 Webster] hag-ridden