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Meanings of
altarpiece
in English
Portuguese
retábulo
Catalan
retaule
Spanish
retablo
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A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table.
reredos
Portuguese
retábulo
Synonyms
Examples for "
reredos
"
reredos
Examples for "
reredos
"
1
The
reredos
is of red-stained alabaster, coloured marble, and mosaics by Salviati.
2
When these were removed an ancient painted
reredos
was found behind them.
3
The magnificent
reredos
was erected by Cardinal Beaufort; it is, of course, restored.
4
At the back of the
reredos
is a brass to Mr. Bailey, M.P.
5
We have put up a
reredos
in our chapel at Bradley.
Usage of
altarpiece
in English
1
It was the
altarpiece
of a chapel in the Calle St. Jeronimo.
2
In Rome, Rubens won the plum commission of the Santa Maria
altarpiece
.
3
On reaching the temple, they all sat down facing a carved
altarpiece
.
4
Christ, Laestadius and the Sami maiden Maria glow from the
altarpiece
,
unblemished.
5
Of particular merit are the fine tapestries and the
altarpiece
of Venetian mosaics.
6
It also houses the extraordinarily beautiful Rogier van der Weyden Last Judgement
altarpiece
.
7
The theme of the Danube School
altarpiece
has dimmed as well.
8
My overlord will seek me before he hunts for the
altarpiece
you stole.
9
The tryptych
altarpiece
is modern, also the east window in memory of Dean Lear.
10
She'd seen his men hefting the
altarpiece
to Alchere's ornate chapel into their longship.
11
We even made a David Hockney
altarpiece
called Our David.
12
The altar itself is of stone from an old
altarpiece
.
13
He engineers the Haywain Triptych to look like an
altarpiece
.
14
It's like an enormous painting -even bigger than the
altarpiece
in the church.
15
She knew the story of the beautiful
altarpiece
and the dead resting beneath the floor.
16
Describes his "Madonna and Child Enthroned", the central panel of the Pisa
altarpiece
.
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About this term
altarpiece
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
beautiful altarpiece
flemish altarpiece
baroque altarpiece
carve altarpiece
find an altarpiece
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Translations for
altarpiece
Portuguese
retábulo
Catalan
retaule
Spanish
retablo
Altarpiece
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