Predella

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

  Predella \Pre*del"la\, n. [It.]
     The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a
     superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of
     several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or
     forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece.
     [1913 Webster]