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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from the O. Fr. parclore, to close thoroughly; Lat. claudere), an architectural term for a screen or railing used to enclose a chantry, tomb, chapel, &c., in a church, and for the space thus enclosed.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Parclose'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/parclose.html. 1910.
 
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