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reredos

[reer-dos, reer-i-, rair-i-] / ˈrɪər dɒs, ˈrɪər ɪ-, ˈrɛər ɪ- /
NOUN
altar
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To prepare for the abatement, all open surfaces in the church must be covered, including the pipe organ on the balcony and the high altar, or reredos, which holds the tabernacle.

From Washington Times ● May 13, 2018

Thus the chapel reredos is dominated by a massive cross.

From Time Magazine Archive

With its glowing gold, blue, red & black mosaics, its multi-colored marble panels and the ancient ikons on the reredos above its elaborate stone altar, it was a far cry from Manhattan's John Street Church.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Stires, who entered the church wearing cassock and rochet, had stood humbly before the carved reredos while his attending presbyters garbed him in a chimere.

From Time Magazine Archive

A great feature is the magnificent reredos behind the altar.

From Cathedral Cities of England by George Gilbert


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