retable
Example Sentences
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Adjoining the Abbey is the Church, which possesses at least one chef-d'oeuvre in its retable.
From Holidays in Eastern France by Matilda Betham-Edwards
The retable was given by the Old Boys of the King's School.
From The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by W. D. (Walter Debenham) Sweeting
The candlesticks, in churches where lights at the Holy Communion are used, stand at the ends of the retable.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester
A flight of veined marble steps leads to the beautiful retable of the high altar.
From Castilian Days by John Hay
In the ancient Abbey Church are two masterpieces, a retable in carved wood and a tomb ornamented with exquisite statuettes.
From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Matilda Betham-Edwards
