altarpiece

Meaning of altarpiece

noun
  1. A work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church
    I walked across the concrete to examine the altarpiece of the atomic age. A large crack ran through it. — Atomic John: A truck driver uncovers secrets about the first nuclear bombs, David Samuels December, The New Yorker, 15, 2008 http//www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/12/15/081215fa_fact_samuels?printable=true

Information about altarpiece

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of altarpiece is: altarpieces.
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Hyphenation of altarpiece

al-tar-piece

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • altarpiece is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

altarpiece synonyms

Meaning reredos:

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Words that rhyme with altarpiece

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