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retable
noun as in altar
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Thus in an old retable in Westminster Abbey, so painted, the painting has flaked off.
At the head of the left aisle is a chapel which also has an elaborate marble retable of the same period.
On the retable at the foot of the reredos, stand two massive candlesticks of silver gilt.
The lowered sill and recess probably formed a convenient retable to an altar against the wall.
In the ancient Abbey Church are two masterpieces, a retable in carved wood and a tomb ornamented with exquisite statuettes.
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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to retable, such as: shrine, chantry, font, reredos, and tabernacle.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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