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Parclose
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(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.