reredos

/reer-dos, reer-i-, rair-i-/US // ˈrɪər dɒs, ˈrɪər ɪ-, ˈrɛər ɪ- //UK // (ˈrɪədɒs) //

礼拜堂,赎罪祭坛,赎罪券,赎罪书

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a screen or a decorated part of the wall behind an altar in a church.
- : the back of a fireplace or of a medieval open hearth.

as inaltar

Synonyms

On the north side is part of a fourteenth-century reredos, probably that which stood behind the high altar.
Traces of colour are to be seen in the reredos and the roof over it.
There is a good tower-arch, a five-shafted font, and excellent wagon-shaped roofs; chancel-screen and reredos are modern.
In the Lutheran churches, though the Mass was gone, reredos and crucifix remained untouched.
He became a constant guest at the castle, and Lady Montfort presented his church with a reredos of alabaster.