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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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