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Definition of "organ-screen" [organ-screen]

  • Eccles., an ornamental screen of stone or timber on which a church organ, usually a secondary organ, smaller than the great organ, is placed in cathedrals. (noun)

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Use "organ-screen" in a sentence
  • "Cathedral between the west end and the organ-screen."
  • "In this plan the choir is represented as it was arranged in olden times, and not as it appeared after it was shortened by the erection of the organ-screen under the eastern arch of the tower in Dean Monk's time."
  • "The main aisle, formerly isolated from the dome by the organ and organ-screen, is now separated only by a low railing, and the space underneath the chancel arch has been included."