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Princeton's WordNet

  1. crucifix, rood, rood-treenoun

    representation of the cross on which Jesus died

Wiktionary

  1. roodnoun

    A crucifix, cross.

  2. roodnoun

    A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.

  3. Etymology: From rood, from rod, from rōdō, from rōt-. Cognate with Rute, roda. Largely displaced by cross. More at rod.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

Wikipedia

  1. ROOD

    ROOD, socialistische jongeren (lit. 'RED, socialist youth'; shortened to ROOD) is a Dutch socialist youth organisation. It was the youth wing of the Socialist Party until 2021, and was previously known as ROOD, jong in de SP (lit. 'RED, young in the SP').

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  1. rood

    A rood is a historic unit of area measurement mainly used in the United Kingdom, equal to a quarter of an acre or around 1,000 square meters. It can also refer to a cross or crucifix, particularly one displayed in a church, or the area around the altar of a church.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Roodnoun

    a representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it

  2. Roodnoun

    a measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole

  3. Roodnoun

    the fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods

  4. Etymology: [AS. rd a cross; akin to OS. rda, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. Cf. Rod a measure.]

Wikidata

  1. Rood

    A rood is a cross or crucifix, especially a large one in a church; a large sculpture or sometimes painting of the crucifixion of Jesus. Rood is an archaic word for pole, from Old English rōd "pole", specifically "cross", from Proto-Germanic *rodo, cognate to Old Saxon rōda, Old High German ruoda "rod". Rood was originally the only Old English word for the instrument of Jesus Christ's death. The words crúc and in the North cros appeared by late Old English; "crucifix" is first recorded in English in the Ancrene Wisse of about 1225. More precisely, the Rood was the True Cross, the specific wooden cross used in Christ's crucifixion. The word remains in use in some names, such as Holyrood Palace and the Old English poem The Dream of the Rood. The phrase "by the rood" was used in swearing, e.g. "No, by the rood, not so" in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In church architecture the rood, or rood cross, is a roughly life-size crucifix with figure, displayed on the central axis of a church, normally at the chancel arch. The earliest roods hung from the top of the chancel arch, or rested on a plain "rood beam" across it, usually at the level of the capitals of the columns. This original arrangement is still found in many churches in Germany and Scandinavia, although many other surviving crosses now hang on walls. Numerous near life-size crucifixes survive from the Romanesque period or earlier, with the Gero Cross in Cologne Cathedral and the Volto Santo of Lucca the best known. The prototype may have been one known to have been set up in Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel in Aachen, apparently in gold foil worked over a wooden core in the manner of the Golden Madonna of Essen, though figureless jeweled gold crosses are recorded in similar positions in Hagia Sophia in Constantinople in the 5th century. Many figures in precious metal are recorded in Anglo-Saxon monastic records, though none now survive. Notables sometimes gave their crowns, necklaces, or swords to decorate them. The original location and support for the surviving figures is often not clear but a number of northern European churches preserve the original setting in full – they are known as a "Triumphkreuz" in German, from the "triumphal arch" of Early Christian architecture. As in later examples the Virgin and Saint John often flank the cross, and cherubim and other figures are sometimes seen. A gilt rood in the 10th century Mainz Cathedral was only placed on a beam on special feast days.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rood

    rōōd, n. the fourth part of an acre, or forty perches—from the rod used in measuring: a figure of Christ's cross, and often of the crucifix, esp. that placed at the entrance to the choir in medieval churches.—ns. Rood′-beam (archit.), a beam across the chancel of a church for supporting the rood; Rood′-loft, a gallery over the rood-screen; Roodmas-day, Holy-rood-day; Rood′-screen, an ornamental partition separating the choir from the nave; Rood′-steep′le, a spire built over the entrance to the chancel; Rood′-tree, the cross; Hō′ly-rood, a crucifix. [Same as rod. A.S. ród.]

Editors Contribution

  1. Rood

    "Rood" is Dutch for the colour red


    Submitted by Veronique.herartconnection on August 16, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ROOD

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rood is ranked #5560 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Rood surname appeared 6,254 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Rood.

    93.4% or 5,847 total occurrences were White.
    2.4% or 155 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.7% or 107 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1% or 63 total occurrences were Black.
    0.7% or 49 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.5% or 33 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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  1. door

  2. odor

  3. ordo

  4. oord

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rood in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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