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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reredos /ˈrɪədɒs/

▶noun (pl. same) an ornamental screen at the back of an altar in a church.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., from OFr. areredos, from arere ‘behind’ + dos ‘back’.

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