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reredos |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reredos \Rere"dos\ (r?r"d?s), n. [From rear + F. dos back L. dorsum. Cf {Dorsal}.] (Arch.) a A screen or partition wall behind an altar. b The back of a fireplace. c The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls. [Also spelt {reredosse}.] --Fairholt. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reredos n : a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table [syn: {altarpiece}]
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