predella noun. [prɪ'dɛlǝ] M19.
[Italian = stool.]
1. A step or platform on which an altar is placed, an altar-step; a painting or sculpture on the vertical face of this. M19.

2. A raised shelf at the back of an altar (= GRADINE 2); a painting or sculpture on the front of this, forming an appendage to an altarpiece above; any painting that is subsidiary to another painting. M19.

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