Look up: reredos

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   Reredos
   a decorative screen behind the altar, usually highly carved.
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   reredos
   a decorative (usually painted or sculpted) screen behind an altar
   Found on http://www.lancashirechurches.co.uk/glos
   
   
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   reredos
   In church architecture, an ornamented wall or screen at the back of the high altar. It usually consists of a screen detached from the wall, and is elaborately adorned with sculpture and tracery or...
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   Reredos
   a decorative screen situated to the rear of the altar. See Church Design.
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   Reredos
   A decorated panel above and behind an altar.
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   Reredos
   A screen or decoration behind the altar in a church, usually containing religious images. Often painted wood, but may be carved, gilded, etc. Sometimes a tapestry, or other fabric is used.
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   reredos
   See fireback.
   Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary
   
   
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   Reredos
   Rere'dos noun [ From rear + French dos back, Latin dorsum . Confer Dorsal .] (Architecture) (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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   reredos
   A screen or partition wall behind an altar. ... The back of a fireplace. ... The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls. [Also spelt reredosse. ... Origin: From rear + F. Dos back, L. Dorsum. Cf. Dorsal. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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    Reredos
    There are two common meanings of the word `reredos`. In general architecture, the word can mean the back of an open hearth of a fireplace or a screen placed behind a table. In more common religious usage, a `reredos` (also spelled `raredos`) is a screen or decoration behind the altar in a church, usually depicting religious iconography or images. It can be made of stone, wood, metal, ivory, or a combination of materials. The images may be paint...
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    Reredos
    • (n.) The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls. • (n.) A screen or partition wall behind an altar. • (n.) The back of a fireplace.
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    reredos
    (from the article `altarpiece`) ...more panels. A winged altarpiece is one equipped with movable wings that can be opened or closed over a fixed central part, thereby allowing ...
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    Reredos
    An elaborate wall carving or screen utilized primarily on or behind the high Altar.
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    reredos
    reredos (rēr'dos) , ornamented wall or screen that rises behind the high altar of a church, forming a background for it. It may be placed against the apse wall at the extreme end or directly behind the altar, as in certain English churches where it serves to separate the choir and the retr...
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