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reredos (encz) | reredos, |
Reredos (gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] |
reredos (wn) | reredos
n 1: a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar
or communion table [syn: altarpiece, reredos] |
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reredos (encz) | reredos, |
reredosse (gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] |
reredos (wn) | reredos
n 1: a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar
or communion table [syn: altarpiece, reredos] |
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