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Definition of Reredos in English :

Reredos

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Noun

1. altarpiece, reredos

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

altarpiece

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Reredos

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noun

1.

a screen or wall decoration at the back of an altar, in the form of a hanging, tapestry, painting, or piece of metalwork or sculpture

2. another word for fireback (sense 1)

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Reredos

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noun

an ornamental screen or partition wall behind an altar in a church

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Reredos

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n.

1. A decorative screen or facing on the wall at the back of an altar.

2. The back of an open hearth of a fireplace.

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