reredos
pronunciation
How to pronounce reredos in British English:
UK ['rɪədɒs]
How to pronounce reredos in American English:
US ['rɪrdɒs]
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- Noun:
- a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
Word Origin
- reredos (n.)
- "screen behind an altar," late 14c., from Anglo-French rere-, archaic comb. form of rear (n.), + dos "back" (see dossier). Klein's sources suggest it is aphetic of Anglo-French areredos, from Old French arere "at the back" (Modern French arrière).