PREDELLA

Definition: PREDELLA

PREDELLA

Noun

1. The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definition: Predella

A predella is the platform or step on which an altar stands. In painting, predella refers to the paintings or sculptures running along the frame at the bottom of an altarpiece. They often consist of narrative scenes, e.g. scenes in the life of a particular saint.

Examples of predellas include:

Duccio - the predella of his Maestà
Lorenzo Monaco - Incidents in the Life of Saint Benedict (c1407-9)
Luca Signorelli - The Adoration of the Shepherds (1510-1515)

Usage Frequency: PREDELLA

"PREDELLA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PREDELLA" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Expression: PREDELLA

Rhyming with "PREDELLA"

Words rhyming with "PREDELLA" (pronounced 'Pre*del"la'): Ala, Algarovilla, Ampulla, Angola, Armilla, Arolla, Axilla, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Bulla, Cabrilla, Calcavella, Calla, Camarilla, Canella, Capella, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla, Columbella, Columella, Coronilla, Fibrilla, flotilla, Fovilla, Fringilla, gala, Gentianella, gorgonzola, gorilla, granadilla, guerilla, Gula, koala, lamella, Lirella, Locustella, mammilla, mandola, mantilla, Manzanilla. (additional references)

Anagrams: PREDELLA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-l-l-p-r"
	-1 letter: lapeled, pearled, pleader, replead.
	-2 letters: dealer, ladler, leader, leaped, leaper, palled, pardee, parled, pealed, pedlar, pedler, reaped, repeal, repled.
	-3 letters: alder, allee, drape, eared, elder, lader, ladle, lapel, laree, leper, padle, padre, paled, paler, pared, parle, pearl, pedal, perea, plead, preed, raped, repel.
	-4 letters: alee, aped, aper, dale, dare, deal, dear, deep, deer, dele.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-l-l-p-r"
	+1 letter: parcelled, rappelled.
	+2 letters: apparelled, callipered, deplorable, espadrille, paralleled, repanelled.
	+3 letters: espadrilles, parallelled, placeholder, preallotted, wallpapered.
	+4 letters: overpedalled, placeholders, precancelled, unparalleled.
	+5 letters: clapperclawed, electroplated, interpellated, overpedalling.
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