单词 | retable |
释义 | retablen. Christian Church. A structure at the back of an altar consisting of a shelf for ornaments, or of a frame enclosing a reredos or similar decoration. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > altar > parts of altar > [noun] > gradine shelf1496 retablo1772 retable1817 superaltar1847 predella1859 retabulum1860 gradin1877 gradino1883 society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > altar > parts of altar > [noun] > back reredos1447 altarpiece1624 altar screena1691 retable1817 superaltar1847 gradin1877 posticum1890 1817 Gentleman's Mag. July 32/2 The state of our former altars may well generally be learned from his own work on St. Alban's, in the views of the retable of the high altar. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 307 The form of the triptyck when opened suggested a variety called the ‘retable’..which is flat and does not admit of being closed. 1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 295 The movable Retable upon the Altar is quite a modern invention. 1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse III. viii. lxi. 1006 There was also the retable above the high table adorned with cascades of silver and crystal suns. 1979 Dædalus Summer 136 He remembered having noticed at the foot of the retable ‘a piece of a host about the size of a small coin’. 2003 Daily Tel. 21 Feb. 12/2 The 12ft-wide Thornham Parva Retable..is now back on display in the thatched village church near Eye, Suffolk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817 |
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