Usually means: Decorative panel above an altar.
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  1. retable: Merriam-Webster
  2. retable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. retable: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. retable: Collins English Dictionary
  5. retable: Wordnik
  6. retable: Wiktionary
  7. retable: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. retable: Infoplease Dictionary
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  10. Retable: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Retable: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. retable: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Retable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. retable: FreeDictionary.org
  15. retable: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. retable: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. retable: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. retable: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

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  1. retable: Encyclopedia

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  1. retable: Glossary of Medieval Architecture

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Definitions from Wiktionary (retable)

▸ noun:  A table or shelf behind an altar, on which are placed images or holy objects.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To table again.

Similar:
altar, book table, superaltar, feretory, reliquary, shrine, etagere, tabernacle, prie-dieu, stall, more...

Opposite:
irreverent, disrespectful, sacrilegious

Adjectives:
main, large, central, great, fine, baroque, century, beautiful, wooden, gothic, gilded

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Similar:
altar, book table, superaltar, feretory, reliquary, shrine, etagere, tabernacle, prie-dieu, stall, more...

Opposite:
irreverent, disrespectful, sacrilegious

Adjectives:
main, large, central, great, fine, baroque, century, beautiful, wooden, gothic, gilded



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