Reredos (noun)
ree-red-os
A screen or a decorated part of the wall behind an altar in a church./ The back of a fireplace or of a medieval open hearth.
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, alteration of Anglo-French areredos, equivalent to Middle French arere “behind” + dos “back” (from Latin dorsum ); arrears
Example sentences
“The retablo of the High Altar is in character, articulate and graceful, unlike the usual, overladen reredos of Spain.”
