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Watching Loft

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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is an apartment over the aisle, sacristy, or porch of a Church or cathedral, from which the great shrines were observed by the watchers of the Church. Such lofts remain at Nuremberg, Germany; and at Oxford, Lichfield, St. Albans, Westminster, Exeter, Hereford, and other places in England.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Watching Loft'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​w/watching-loft.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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