Perclose

2 definitions found

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

  Parclose \Par"close\, n. [OF. See {Perclose}.] (Eccl. Arch.)
     A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church.
     [Written also {paraclose} and {perclose}.] --Hook.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Perclose \Per*close"\, n. [OF. parclose an inclosed place; L.
     per through + claudere, clausum, to shut.]
     1. (Eccl. Arch.) Same as {Parclose}.
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     2. Conclusion; end. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
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