representation of the cross on which Jesus died
a crucifix, usually wooden, suspended across the chancel arch above the rood screen; it could also be painted on the chancel arch
a large crucifix (christ on the cross) usually over the entrance to the chancel. A rood tower or spire is one situated over the crossing.
a cross erected at the entry to the chancel. Like most roods, the one in Vernon has figures of the Virgin Mary on one side and St. John on the other.
A wooden and occasionally painted crucifixion hung in a church.
The crucifix, which is the cross that Jesus was nailed to.
(Old Saxon: “cross”, “crucifix”) In early Christian churches, a rood was set up at the east end of the nave, flanked by figures of the Virgin and St. John. It was usually wooden and fixed to a special beam in the chancel arch above the rood loft. Sometimes the rood was painted on the wall above the chancel arch.
Saxon word for cross or crucifix - set at the east end of nave fixed to a special beam stretching from respond to respond of the chancel arch