MEANING
An ornamental screen or decorated structure behind a church altar.
Use it for
Layered religious images, altar backdrops, concealment behind ornament.Give the altar a textured visual background with a precise location.
Words that belong together
- carved reredos
- stone reredos
- gilded reredos
On the page
The reredos displayed saints whose faces had been chipped away.
A candle illuminated only the lowest figures on the reredos.
Behind the wooden reredos, the mason found a sealed recess.
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Word forms
- Base
- reredos
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Its position behind the altar distinguishes it from a rood screen dividing church spaces. Plural reredoses.
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