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predella

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predella [prɪˈdɛlə (Italian) preˈdɛlla]
n pl -le [-liː (Italian) -le]
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a painting or sculpture or a series of small paintings or sculptures in a long narrow strip forming the lower edge of an altarpiece or the face of an altar step or platform
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a platform in a church upon which the altar stands
[from Italian: stool, step, probably from Old High German bret board]


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