"altarpiece" meaning in English

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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
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          "word": "retaule"
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          "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
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          "word": "altertavle"
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          "code": "et",
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          "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
          "word": "altarimaal"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
          "word": "alttaritaulu"
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          "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
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          "word": "pala d'altare"
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          "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
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          "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
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          "roman": "altárnaja kartína",
          "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "алта́рная карти́на"
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          "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
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          "word": "altartavla"
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          "roman": "vívtárna kartýna",
          "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
          "tags": [
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      "word": "retaule"
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      "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
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      "word": "altertavle"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
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      "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
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      "word": "pala d'altare"
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      "sense": "work of art suspended above and behind an altar",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "алта́рная карти́на"
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