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Synonyms for reredos

Grammar : Noun
Spell : reer-dos, reer-i-, rair-i-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪər dɒs, ˈrɪər ɪ-, ˈrɛər ɪ-

Définition of reredos

Origin :
  • "screen behind an altar," late 14c., from Anglo-French rere-, archaic comb. form of rear (n.), + dos "back" (see dossier). Klein's sources suggest it is aphetic of Anglo-French areredos, from Old French arere "at the back" (Modern French arrière).
  • As in altar : noun church table, pedestal
Example sentences :
  • Like most Flemish productions, the reredos is wanting in grace.
  • Extract from : « Portuguese Architecture » by Walter Crum Watson
  • This reredos is in the chapel on the south of the Capella Mor.
  • Extract from : « Portuguese Architecture » by Walter Crum Watson
  • Traces of colour are to be seen in the reredos and the roof over it.
  • Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] » by H. J. L. J. Mass
  • The floor has some interesting tiles and the reredos has been painted.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedrals of Great Britain » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • The triptych which forms the reredos was carved at Ober Ammergau.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedrals of Great Britain » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • The reredos is modern, erected in 1899, and has some fine carving.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedrals of Great Britain » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • The reredos is modern, and has some fine paintings by Rosetti.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedrals of Great Britain » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • Swallows fly in and out of their nests in the gold curlicues of the reredos.
  • Extract from : « The Haciendas of Mexico » by Paul Alexander Bartlett
  • Its reredos, now in the Museum, was from the Juliot atelier.
  • Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
  • The reredos is the tree of Jesse which surrounds the Virgin with its branches.
  • Extract from : « The Churches of Paris » by S. Sophia Beale

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