Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PREDELLA
Pre *del "la, n. Etym: [It. ]
Defn: The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece.
New American Oxford Dictionary
predella
pre del la |priˈdelə prəˈdɛlə | ▶noun 1 a step or platform on which an altar is placed. 2 a raised shelf above an altar. • a painting or sculpture on this, typically forming an appendage to an altarpiece. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘stool. ’
Oxford Dictionary
predella
predella |prɪˈdɛlə | ▶noun a step or platform on which an altar is placed. • a raised shelf above an altar. • a painting or sculpture on this, typically forming an appendage to an altarpiece. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘stool ’.
Duden Dictionary
Predella
Pre del la Substantiv, feminin Kunstwissenschaft , die Predelle |Pred e lla |die Predella; Genitiv: der Predella, Plural: die Predellas und Predellen (französisch prédelle < ) italienisch predella, wohl aus dem Germanischen, verwandt mit Brett kunstvoll bemalter oder geschnitzter Sockel, Unterbau eines [gotischen ] Altars, oft auch als Reliquienschrein genutzt
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