retable

Example Sentences

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An immense retable is placed at the head of the nave.

From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

The candlesticks, in churches where lights at the Holy Communion are used, stand at the ends of the retable.

From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by Regester, J. A. (Jacob Asbury)

To a great extent this ancient glass is hidden from view by a massive eighteenth-century retable, which is without any worth whatever as an artistic accessory.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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 Betham-Edwards, Matilda

Adjoining the Abbey is the Church, which possesses at least one chef-d'oeuvre in its retable.

From Holidays in Eastern France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda