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Altarpiece   /ˈɔltərpˌis/   Listen
Altarpiece

noun
1.
A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table.  Synonym: reredos.






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"Altarpiece" Quotes from Famous Books



... to hear how the teacher could penetrate the intellectual development of the Hebrew people, which had served as the basis of Christianity, as he heard him demolish bit by bit the immense altarpiece, before which humanity had knelt for over nineteen centuries. The Spanish seminarist revolted against his old faith with all the impetuosity of his vehement temperament. How could he have believed all that and have considered it the height of human wisdom! Certainly Christianity ...
— The Shadow of the Cathedral • Vicente Blasco Ibanez



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