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reredos
[ reer-dos, reer-i-, rair-i- ]
noun
- a screen or a decorated part of the wall behind an altar in a church.
- the back of a fireplace or of a medieval open hearth.
reredos
/ ˈrɪədɒs /
noun
- 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
- another word for fireback
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reredos1
C14: from Old French areredos , from arere behind + dos back, from Latin dorsum
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Example Sentences
On the north side is part of a fourteenth-century reredos, probably that which stood behind the high altar.
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Traces of colour are to be seen in the reredos and the roof over it.
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There is a good tower-arch, a five-shafted font, and excellent wagon-shaped roofs; chancel-screen and reredos are modern.
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In the Lutheran churches, though the Mass was gone, reredos and crucifix remained untouched.
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He became a constant guest at the castle, and Lady Montfort presented his church with a reredos of alabaster.
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