retable
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A flight of veined marble steps leads to the beautiful retable of the high altar.
From Castilian Days by John Hay
On the retable at the foot of the reredos, stand two massive candlesticks of silver gilt.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
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
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.
In the ancient Abbey Church are two masterpieces, a retable in carved wood and a tomb ornamented with exquisite statuettes.
From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Matilda Betham-Edwards