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altarpiece
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun altarpiece has 1 sense
- altarpiece(n = noun.artifact) reredos - a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table; Array is a kind of screen
CIDE DICTIONARY
altarpiece, n.
The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
altarpiece
Communion table, abstract, abstraction, altar, altar carpet, altar desk, altar facing, altar of prothesis, altar rail, altar side, altar slab, altar stair, altar stone, ancona, block print, bomos, chancel table, collage, color print, copy, credence, cyclorama, daub, diptych, engraving, eschara, fresco, frontal, gradin, hestia, holy table, icon, illumination, illustration, image, likeness, mensal, miniature, missal stand, montage, mosaic, mural, panorama, photograph, picture, predella, print, prothesis, representation, reproduction, retable, retablo, rood altar, scrobis, stained glass window, stencil, still life, superaltar, tableau, tapestry, triptych, wall painting
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