jube, jubé
1. 1.Pulpitum, or screen at the west end of the choir in a French church.

2. Rood-loft or gallery in the same position, often forming part of the screen. One of the finest surviving jubés is in the church of St-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris (c.1545), with its twin spiral stairs winding round the piers.

jube a rood-loft or screen and gallery dividing the choir of a church from the nave. The word comes from Latin meaning ‘bid’ or ‘order’, and is said to be from the words Jube, domine, benedicere, said from it by the deacon before the reading of the Gospel.