American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

RETABLE

Retable: translation

A shelf at the back of the Altar, usually fastened to the reredos, on which are placed the Altar cross, the vases for flowers, and the candlesticks. The necessity for the retable arises from the fact of the reverent usage of the Church, which requires that nothing shall be placed on the Altar but the Eucharistic vessels, the book rest and the book.

  1. retable—Retable translation Seeem Altarpiece....Dictionary of Renaissance art
  2. retable—retable translationSynonyms and related wordsCommunion table altar altar carpet altar desk altar facing altar of prothesis altar rail altar side altar slab altar stair al...Moby Thesaurus
  3. retable—m церк. заалтарное [запрестольное] украшение запрестольный образ иск. заалтарная картина алтарь...Большой французско-русский и русско-французский словарь
  4. retable—m церк. заалтарное запрестольное украшение запрестольный образ иск. заалтарная картина алтарь...Новый французско-русский словарь