"Mama, what's a reredos?""A reredos, dearest creature, is an architectural term meaning, among other things, the screen or decorated portion of the wall behind the altar in a church."
"Oh. So at St. Peter's, the painting covers the reredos -- is the reredos."
"Yep."
"Cool. May I please have a cookie?"
"Yes, and do put your brother's iguana down. You'll get him sticky."
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