| 单词 | altar front |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaltar front altar front n. a hanging or panel, often decorative, covering the front face of the altar; = antependium n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [noun] > at front hatchOE frontal1381 pall?a1475 antepend1501 pendle1501 stole1513 suffront1516 altar cloth1522 front1533 altar front1539 antependium1594 fronton1749 altar frontal1836 altar facing1856 1539 Inventory Cathedral Ely 20 Nov. in Gentleman's Mag. (1783) June 483/2 An altar front of rede counterfete bawdkyn. 1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 56 Item an altar ffront sold to Sir Richard thoryld. 1749 Universal Mag. Aug. 72/1 Seventeen Antependiums, or altar-fronts of the same metal and workmanship [as the pulpits]. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands iii. 80 A beautiful silver altar-front. 1979 J. F. Butler Christianity Asia & Amer. 31 The double-headed eagle on the altar front refers to the Augustinian see of Mylapore. 2000 Victorian Mar. 13/1 A canon table in The Book of Kells could have been the inspiration for the altar front, with spandrels containing the winged emblems of the four Evangelists. < as lemmas |
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