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noun
A screen or decoration behind the altar in a church, usually depicting religious iconography or images, akin to the iconostasis of the Eastern Churches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity, Western-Christianity
Synonyms: retable
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: screen, partition
noun
The back of an open fire-hearth, in medieval halls and in some later architecture inspired by them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: altarpiece
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: screen
History
From Middle English reredos, from Anglo-Norman reredos, areredos; equivalent to rere (“rear”) + French dos (“back”).
