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ALTARPIECE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does altarpiece mean?
• ALTARPIECE (noun)
The noun ALTARPIECE has 1 sense:
1. a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
Familiarity information: ALTARPIECE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
altarpiece; reredos
Hypernyms ("altarpiece" is a kind of...):
screen (partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space)
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