Illustration of reredos
reredos
noun
rere·dos 
ˈrer-ə-ˌdäs,
also ˈrir-ə-ˌdäs,
or
ˈrir-ˌdäs : a usually ornamental wood or stone screen or partition wall behind an altar
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Restorer Sofia Lobo discovered the bee nests, called cells, while cleaning the 20-foot-tall altarpiece, or reredos. 
Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2020
Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2020 Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French reredors, areredos, from arere behind + dos back, from Latin dorsum — more at arrear
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
- gone before
- gone beyond
- gone by
- gone down
- gone down (with)
- gone down that road before
- gone down the dumper
- gone down this road before
- gone down with
- gone feeling
- gone for
- gone forward
- gone goose
- gone gosling
- gone in
- gone in (on)
- gone in for
- gone in on
- gone like clockwork
- gone off
- gone off the deep end
- gone on
- gone one better
- gone out
- gone out (with)