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ˈaltar-piece
[altar- 3.]
A painting or sculpture placed behind and over an altar; a reredos.
1644Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 127 The altar-piece of St. Michael being of Mosaic. 1762H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) I. 81 A much admired work of Mabuse was an altar-piece at Middleburgh. 1859Gullick & Timbs Paint. 305 Altar-pieces were originally portable. |
