retable.
A table or shelf behind an altar, on which are placed images or holy objects.
Meaning & usage
A table or shelf behind an altar, on which are placed images or holy objects.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French retable, ultimately from Medieval Latin retrotabulum.
To table again.
Politicians are keen to retable the bill.
Where this word comes from
From re- + table.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.