reredos

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  1. noun A decorative screen or facing on the wall at the back of an altar; a retable.
  2. noun The back of an open hearth of a fireplace.

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  1. Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from areredos : arere, behind (Latin ad-, ad- + Latin retrō, backward; see re- in Indo-European roots) + dos, back (from Latin dorsum).

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  1. Early modern English reredosse, also reredorse, reardorse (see reardorse), from Middle English *reredos, reredoos, from Old French reredos, from rere, riere, rear (see rear), + dos, dors, French dos, from Latin dorsum, back: see dorse.
 

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/ˈrirdɑs/
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