Antependium

//ˌæntɪˈpɛndi.əm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.

Synonyms

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foreclothfrontal

Etymology

From Latin ante (“before”) + pendere (“to hang”).

Related phrases

altar cloth

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