Definitions for retables

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retables re·ta·ble

Spelling: [ri-tey-buh l, ree-tey-]

IPA: /rɪˈteɪ bəl, ˈriˌteɪ-/

Retables is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 439 anagrams from letters in retables (abeelrst).

Definitions for retables

noun

1. a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.

Origin of retables

1815-25; French, equivalent to Old French re(re) at the back (Latin retrō) + table table; compare Medieval Latin retrōtabulum

Examples for retables

The retable has two miracle reliefs, and between them a small bronze Christ, which has been put there in error.

On the retable at the foot of the reredos, stand two massive candlesticks of silver gilt.

The candlesticks, in churches where lights at the Holy Communion are used, stand at the ends of the retable.

Above the retable is the Madonna with two saints on either side: the crucifix surmounts the whole composition.

In the ancient Abbey Church are two masterpieces, a retable in carved wood and a tomb ornamented with exquisite statuettes.

Another exquisite example of wood carving may be seen in the chapel of Notre-Dame de Compassion, forming the retable.