altarpiece
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
altarpiece (plural altarpieces)
- a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church
- 2008 December 15, David Samuels, “Atomic John: A truck driver uncovers secrets about the first nuclear bombs”, in The New Yorker[1]:
- I walked across the concrete to examine the altarpiece of the atomic age. A large crack ran through it.
Translations edit
work of art suspended above and behind an altar
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