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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The light formerly kept burning in churches in front of the reserved sacrament: so called because suspended from the rood-beam.
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ruzuzu commented on the word beam-light
"The light formerly kept burning in churches in front of the reserved sacrament: so called because suspended from the rood-beam." --Cent. Dict.
June 11, 2012