Retable

2 definitions found

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

  Retable \Re*ta"ble\ (r[-e]*t[=a]"b'l), n. (Eccl.)
     A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of
     flowers, etc.
     [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "retable":
     Communion table, altar, altar carpet, altar desk, altar facing,
     altar of prothesis, altar rail, altar side, altar slab,
     altar stair, altar stone, altarpiece, ancona, beam-end, bomos,
     chancel table, corbel, credence, eschara, frontal, gradin, gradino,
     hestia, hob, holy table, ledge, mantel, mantelshelf, mensal,
     missal stand, predella, prothesis, retablo, rood altar, scrobis,
     shelf, shoulder, superaltar