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The rood is an imperial unit of measurement of area, equal to 40 square perches or poles, or 1210 square yards.
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Rood End is a village in the West Midlands, England.
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In architecture a jube is a chancel screen or rood screen. The term is also applied to the gallery above such a screen, from which certain parts of the service were formerly read.
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In architecture, a rood beam is a beam across the chancel of a church, supporting the rood.
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In architecture, a rood loft is a loft or gallery, in a church, on which the rood and its appendages were set up to view.
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In architecture, a rood screen is a screen between the choir and the body of the church, over which the rood was placed.
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In architecture, a rood tower is a tower at the intersection of the nave and transept of a church. When crowned with a spire it was also called a rood steeple.
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