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retable
N เครื่องประดับ ด้านหลัง ที่ ยกขึ้น เหนือ ที่บูชา
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RETABLE
RETABLE Re *ta "ble, n. (Eccl.)
Defn: A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc.
New American Oxford Dictionary
retable
re ta ble |ˈrēˌtābəl, ˈretəbəl rəˈteɪbəl |(also retablo |riˈtäblō |) ▶noun ( pl. retables or retablos ) a frame or shelf enclosing decorated panels or revered objects above and behind an altar. • a painting or other image in such a position. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French rétable, from Spanish retablo, from medieval Latin retrotabulum ‘rear table, ’ from Latin retro ‘backward ’ + tabula ‘table. ’
Oxford Dictionary
retable
retable |rɪˈteɪb (ə )l |(also retablo |rɪˈtɑːbləʊ |) ▶noun ( pl. retables or retablos ) a frame or shelf enclosing decorated panels or revered objects above and behind an altar. • a painting or other image above and behind an altar. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French rétable, from Spanish retablo, from medieval Latin retrotabulum ‘rear table ’, from Latin retro ‘backwards ’ + tabula ‘table ’.
French Dictionary
retable
retable n. m. nom masculin Construction postérieure peinte ou sculptée qui surplombe une table d ’autel.
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