"altarpiece" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: altarpieces [plural]
Etymology: From altar + piece. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|altar|piece}} altar + piece Head templates: {{en-noun}} altarpiece (plural altarpieces)
  1. a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church Wikipedia link: altarpiece Translations (work of art suspended above and behind an altar): retaule [masculine] (Catalan), altertavle [common-gender] (Danish), altarimaal (Estonian), alttaritaulu (Finnish), pala d'altare [feminine] (Italian), ancona [feminine] (Italian), retábulo [masculine] (Portuguese), алта́рная карти́на (altárnaja kartína) [feminine] (Russian), altartavla [common-gender] (Swedish), ві́вта́рна карти́на (vívtárna kartýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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