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retable Eccl.|rɪˈteɪb(ə)l|
[a. F. rétable, retable (16th c.), = Sp. retablo, Pg. retabolo, -tabulo, -tavolo, mod.L. retabulum. Earlier and fuller forms are OProv. reiretaule (1218), reirotaule (1284), med.L. retrotabulum (1294 in Du Cange): see rear-, retro-1, and table n.]
An appendage to an altar, consisting of a shelf or ledge raised above the back of it (on which ornaments may be placed), or a frame enclosing painted or otherwise decorated panels.
1823Pugin Gothic Arch. Gloss., Retable, an altar-piece. A term of French origin. 1859Gullick & Timbs Paint. 307 The form of the triptyck when opened suggested a variety called the ‘retable’..which is flat and does not admit of being closed. 1877J. D. Chambers Div. Worship 295 The movable Retable upon the Altar is quite a modern invention. 1884Bath & Wells Diocesan Mag. Aug. 85 A new oak altar, with re-table,..has lately been placed in the church. 1965C. D. Eby Siege of Alcázar (1966) vi. 122 Arab jewels, ceramics, Flemish retables. 1979Dædalus Summer 136 He remembered having noticed at the foot of the retable ‘a piece of a host about the size of a small coin’.
So ‖ reˈtabulum.
1861Sir G. Scott Glean. Westm. Abb. (1863) 61 The retabulum from the high-altar, now preserved in a glass case. |