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Reredos

Reredos Meaning & Definition
Reredos Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Reredos?

[n] a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table

Synonyms | Synonyms for Reredos: altarpiece

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See Also | screen

Reredos In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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