altarpiece

English

Etymology

altar +‎ piece

Noun

altarpiece (plural altarpieces)

  1. 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:
      I walked across the concrete to examine the altarpiece of the atomic age. A large crack ran through it.

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