altarpiece

English

Etymology

From 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^[1]:

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

Translations

work of art suspended above and behind an altar

• Catalan: retaule (ca) m
• Danish: altertavle (da) c
• Estonian: altarimaal
• Finnish: alttaritaulu (fi)
• Italian: pala d'altare f, ancona f
• Portuguese: retábulo (pt) m
• Russian: алта́рная карти́на f (altárnaja kartína)
• Swedish: altartavla (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ві́вта́рна карти́на f (vívtárna kartýna)