Altarpiece

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  • noun. A piece of artwork, such as a painting or carving, that is placed above and behind an altar.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A decorative screen, retable, or reredos placed behind an altar, considered especially as a work of art.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.
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  • noun. a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church
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  • noun. a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
    • Word Usage
    "The main altarpiece is made of wooden with simple ornaments."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    screen  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Communion table  abstract  abstraction  altar  altar carpet  
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