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RETABLE

\ɹˈɛtəbə͡l], \ɹˈɛtəbə‍l], \ɹ_ˈɛ_t_ə_b_əl]\

Definitions of RETABLE

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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r[=e]-t[=a]'bl, n. a shelf behind the altar for the display of lights, vases of flowers, &c. [Fr.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Shelf, or frame enclosing decorated panels, above back of altar. [French]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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