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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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King James Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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• Lofting
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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• Rood Beam, or Rood Loft.
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• עֲלִיָּה

(connected with "lift," i.e. raised in the air; O. Eng. left; cf. Ger. Luft; the French term is grenier and Ger. Boden), the term given in architecture to an upper room in the roof, sometimes called "cockloft"; when applied over stabling it is known as a hay-loft; the gallery over a chancel screen, carrying a cross, is called a rood-loft (see Rood). The term is also given to a gallery provided in the choir-aisle of a cathedral or church, and used as a watching-loft at night.