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  2. Dossal - Wikipedia

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    Dossal remains the usual term for an ornamental cloth suspended behind an altar, [3] probably attached to the wall behind. This is often called a dossal curtain , and altar screen is also sometimes used as a synonym for a cloth dossal, [ 4 ] as well as, more dubiously, for wood or stone screens in various locations in the sanctuary.

  3. Reredos - Wikipedia

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    While a reredos generally forms or covers the wall behind an altar, [2] a retable is placed either on the altar or immediately behind and attached to the altar. "Many altars have both a reredos and a retable." [3] But this distinction may not always be observed. The retable may have become part of the reredos when an altar was moved away from ...

  4. Retable - Wikipedia

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    A simple shelf retable in Yorkshire On one strict definition, this French 17th-century construction is a retable rather than a reredos, as it is all one construction. A retable is a structure or element placed either on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table [1] of a church. At the minimum, it may be a simple shelf for ...

  5. Credence table - Wikipedia

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    An elaborate Rococo credence table with marble top. A credence table is a small side table in the sanctuary of a Christian church which is used in the celebration of the Eucharist (Latin credens, -entis, believer). The credence table is usually placed near the wall on the epistle (south) side of the sanctuary, and may be covered with a fine ...

  6. Church tabernacle - Wikipedia

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    The tabernacle at St Raphael's Cathedral in Dubuque, Iowa, placed on the old high altar of the cathedral (cf. General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 315, a). A tabernacle or a sacrament house is a fixed, locked box in which the Eucharist (consecrated communion hosts) is stored as part of the "reserved sacrament" rite.

  7. Floating shelf - Wikipedia

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    A floating shelf can be supported on hidden rods or bars that have been attached to studs. A thick floating shelf may be made of a hollow-core shelf glued to a cleat. [7] A floating shelf may have two or more channels open from the back towards, but without reaching, the front, into which slide fasteners attached to the wall, typically held in place by screws inserted through the bottom of the ...

  8. Altar (Catholic Church) - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, "in keeping with the Church’s traditional practice and with what the altar signifies, the table of a fixed altar should be of stone and indeed of natural stone", except where the episcopal conference authorizes the use of another material (such as wood) that is dignified, solid and well-crafted. "A movable altar may be ...

  9. Sacristy - Wikipedia

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    In most older churches, a sacristy is near a side altar, or more usually behind or on a side of the main altar. [citation needed] In newer churches the sacristy is often in another location, such as near the entrances to the church. Some churches have more than one sacristy, each of which will have a specific function.

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