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Definition: reredosse
Reredos
\Rere"dos\ (r?r"d?s), n. [From rear + F. dos back, L.
dorsum. Cf.
Dorsal.] (Arch.)
(a) A screen or partition wall behind an altar.
(b) The back of a fireplace.
(c) The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted,
immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient
halls. [Also spelt
reredosse.] --Fairholt.
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