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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 rere·dos /ˈrɛrəˌdɑs ||ˈrɪrəˌdɑs ||ˈrɪrˌdɑs/
 祭壇背後有裝飾的屏風

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rere·dos n.  Arch. (a) A screen or partition wall behind an altar. (b) The back of a fireplace. (c) The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls. [Also spelt reredosse.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 reredos
      n : a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar
          or communion table [syn: altarpiece]