Antependium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antependium \An`te*pen"di*um\, n. [LL., fr. L. ante + pendere to
     hang.] (Eccl.)
     The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth;
     the frontal. --Smollett.
     [1913 Webster] Antepenult