retable
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Adjoining the Abbey is the Church, which possesses at least one chef-d'oeuvre in its retable.
From Holidays in Eastern France by Matilda Betham-Edwards
An immense retable is placed at the head of the nave.
From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
She sits on a very beautiful throne, and has a large, rich, and well-gilded retable, given by Antonio Xuarez de Puga, who was many years her steward.
Altar Lights.—Two candles in candlesticks placed on the retable of the Altar and lighted at the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; frequently called Eucharistic Lights.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by William James Miller
This is a retable of the conventional orthodox form which occupies the usual place—even in this Protestant church—at the end of the choir.
From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield