Definitions
a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
Word origin
From Middle English reredos, from Anglo-Norman reredos, areredos; equivalent to rere (“rear”) + French dos (“back”).
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonym: retable (often synonymous)”
“A bad reredos will ruin the best church ever designed; and, although a good reredos cannot convert a bad church into a good one, it may do much to lessen the offensiveness of its badness.”
“Confusion has reigned in scholarly interpretation, however, because the dark-colored leaves have shown through the succeeding coats of paint across the reredos, interfering with the later scenes.”
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01“Altar screen”7 letters
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