retable

Definitions


[rɪˈteɪbl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a frame or shelf enclosing decorated panels or revered objects above and behind an altar


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Origin:
early 19th century: from French rétable, from Spanish retablo, from medieval Latin retrotabulum ‘rear table’, from Latin retro ‘backwards’ + tabula ‘table’




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