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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARCLOSE

Par "close, n. Etym: [OF. See Perclose. ] (Eccl. Arch. )

Defn: A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. [Written also paraclose and perclose. ] Hook.

New American Oxford Dictionary

parclose

par close |ˈpärˌklōz ˈpɑrˌkloʊz | ▶noun a screen or railing in a church enclosing a tomb or altar or separating off a side chapel. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French parclos (e )‘enclosed, ’ past participle of parclore (from Latin per- ‘thoroughly ’ + claudere ‘to close ’).

Oxford Dictionary

parclose

parclose |ˈpɑːkləʊz | ▶noun a screen or railing in a church enclosing a tomb or altar or separating off a side chapel. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French parclos (e )‘enclosed ’, past participle of parclore (from Latin per- ‘thoroughly ’ + claudere ‘to close ’).