reredos

== English == === Alternative forms === raredos, reredosse === Etymology === From Middle English reredos, from Anglo-Norman reredos, areredos; equivalent to rere (“rear”) + French dos (“back”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Received Pronunciation) /ˈɹiə.dɒs/, /ˈɹiɹɪdɒs/ === Noun === reredos (plural reredoses) (chiefly Western Christianity) A screen or decoration behind the altar in a church, usually depicting religious iconography or images, akin to the iconostasis of the Eastern Churches. Hypernyms: screen, partition Coordinate terms: iconostasis; altar screen, rood screen, choir screen, jubé Near-synonym: retable (often synonymous) The back of an open fire-hearth, in medieval halls and in some later architecture inspired by them. Coordinate term: fireback ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === reredos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Roeders, eroders, redoers, redorse == Middle English == === Alternative forms === redose, rerdoose, rerdos, rerdose, reredoce, rere-doos, reredose, rierdos === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman reredos, areredos; equivalent to rere (“rear, following”) + Old French dos (“back”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɛːr(ə)dɔs/, /ˈrɛːr(ə)dɔːs/ === Noun === reredos (plural reredosis) A reredos or retable; a panel at the back of an altar. A dorsal; a hanging or tapestry at the back of an altar. (rare) The back of a fireplace or hearth. (rare) A wood screen against the back of a chair or wall. (rare) A panel of armour for protecting the rear. (rare) The rearguard of an army. ==== Descendants ==== English: reredos ==== References ==== “rēre-dō̆s(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 August 2018.