reredoses

/R R EH1 D OW1 S AH0 Z/

noun

1
(chiefly Western Christianity) A screen or decoration behind the altar in a church, usually depicting religious iconography or images, akin to the iconostasis of the Eastern Churches.
2
The back of an open fire-hearth, in medieval halls and in some later architecture inspired by them.

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