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A slot cut obliquely through a wall to see the altar.
Also known as: Slot cut through a church wall, Angled hole in a pillar
An angled opening through a pier or a wall, aligned so that the altar is visible from a place it otherwise would not be. It is a solution to a sightline problem, and where it points tells you who was meant to be looking.
Where it points is the information. A squint aligned from a side chapel served a priest coordinating a second mass; one from outside the building served people not admitted inside.
Sometimes attributed to lepers, which gave rise to the term leper window. The attribution is Victorian and largely unsupported, and most examples are better explained by liturgical coordination.
The name persists on church guides that no longer believe it.
A narrow rectangular or arched opening cut diagonally through the thickness of a wall or pier, wider at one face than the other.