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rere·dos (rir′däs′)

noun

an ornamental screen or partition wall behind an altar in a church

Etymology: ME rerdos, aphetic < Anglo-Fr areredos < OFr arere (see arrears) + dos, back (see dosser)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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