REREDOS
altarpiece, reredos
(noun) a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
reredos (plural reredoses)
(chiefly Western Christianity) A screen or decoration behind the altar in a church, usually depicting religious iconography or images, akin to the iconostasis of the Eastern Churches.
The back of an open fire-hearth, in medieval halls.
Synonyms
• retable
Anagrams
• Roeders, eroders, redoers, redorse
Source: Wiktionary
Rere"dos (rr"ds), n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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