retable
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The historic gold plate was therefore arranged on the retable with something of the effect of show pieces at Mappin and Webb's.
From Simon Called Peter by Robert Keable
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
At the head of the left aisle is a chapel which also has an elaborate marble retable of the same period.
From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
Above the retable is the Madonna with two saints on either side: the crucifix surmounts the whole composition.
From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
Back of the Altar, and raised above it, is a narrow shelf, called the retable, upon which the several ornaments of the Altar are placed.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester
