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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  rood
  基督受難十字架;十字架上的基督像

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Rood \Rood\ (r[=oo]d), n. [AS. r[=o]d a cross; akin to OS.
     r[=o]da, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. Cf. {Rod}
     a measure.]
     1. A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross
        with Christ hanging on it.
  
     Note: Generally, the Trinity is represented, the Father as an
           elderly man fully clothed, with a nimbus around his
           head, and holding the cross on which the Son is
           represented as crucified, the Holy Spirit descending in
           the form of a dove near the Son's head. Figures of the
           Virgin Mary and of St. John are often placed near the
           principal figures.
  
                 Savior, in thine image seen Bleeding on that
                 precious rood.                     --Wordsworth.
  
     2. A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a
        perch; a pole. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     3. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
  
     {By the rood}, by the cross; -- a phrase formerly used in
        swearing. ``No, by the rood, not so.'' --Shak.
  
     {Rood beam} (Arch.), a beam across the chancel of a church,
        supporting the rood.
  
     {Rood loft} (Arch.), a loft or gallery, in a church, on which
        the rood and its appendages were set up to view. --Gwilt.
  
     {Rood screen} (Arch.), a screen, between the choir and the
        body of the church, over which the rood was placed.
        --Fairholt.
  
     {Rood tower} (Arch.), a tower at the intersection of the nave
        and transept of a church; -- when crowned with a spire it
        was called also {rood steeple}. --Weale.
  
     {Rood tree}, the cross. [Obs.] ``Died upon the rood tree.''
        --Gower.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  rood
       n : representation of the cross on which Jesus died [syn: {crucifix},
            {rood-tree}]