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Meaning of HAGIOSCOPE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ha"gi*o*scope`\, n. [Gr. ? 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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