A screen or panel covering the front of an altar. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [noun] > at front (17) hatchOE A screen or panel covering the front of an altar. Obsolete. frontal1381 A movable covering for the front of an altar, generally of embroidered cloth, silk, etc., but sometimes of metal. pall?a1475 Christian Church. A cloth used on or at the altar, for any of various purposes.†(a) A cloth spread on the altar; spec. a corporal. Obsolete. †(b) A… antepend1501 = antependium, n. pendle1501 Scottish. A hanging or valance for an altar; an altar-cloth. Obsolete. rare. stole1513 An embroidered strip of linen, hanging down in front of an altar. suffront1516 ? An altar-frontal. altar cloth1522 A cloth used to cover an altar; spec. (a) a cloth of white linen covering the top of the altar during the communion or Mass; (b) an ornamental… front1533 = frontal, n. 2. Obsolete. altar front1539 a hanging or panel, often decorative, covering the front face of the altar; = antependium, n. antependium1594 A veil or covering for the front of an altar. Cf. frontal, n. 2a. fronton1749 Of an altar: = frontal, n. 2. altar frontal1836 = altar front n. altar facing1856 = altar front n. Subcategories:— over upper part (3) |
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