Usually means: Ornamental screen behind an altar.
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  1. reredos: Merriam-Webster
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  3. reredos: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. reredos: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. reredos: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  11. Reredos, reredos: Dictionary.com
  12. Reredos: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  14. reredos: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  16. Reredos: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. reredos: FreeDictionary.org
  18. reredos: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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  1. REREDOS: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (reredos)

noun:  (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.
noun:  The back of an open fire-hearth, in medieval halls.

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