altarpiece

English

Etymology

altar +‎ piece

Noun

altarpiece (plural altarpieces)

1. a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church
   • I walked across the concrete to examine the altarpiece of the atomic age. A large crack ran through it. — Atomic John: A truck driver uncovers secrets about the first nuclear bombs, David Samuels December, The New Yorker, 15, 2008 [1]

Translations

work of art suspended above and behind an altar

• Danish: altertavle (da) c
• Estonian: altarimaal
• Finnish: alttaritaulu (fi)
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• Portuguese: retábulo (pt) m
• Swedish: altartavla (sv) c