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Dossal
A Dossal (or dossel, dorsel, dosel), from French dos (back), is an ecclesiastical ornamented cloth suspended behind an altar.

Altar screen is sometimes used as a synonym for the Dossal.

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Jean-Yves Dossal, general director of Donfeng Peugeot, speaks...
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dossal
Jan 01, 2000; dossal, dossel . See dorsel .
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dossal or dossel
Jan 01, 1988; Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 dos|sal or dos|sel (ds'l) n. 1. [Historical] an ornamental upholstery at the back of a...
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Rescuers search for bodies after plane crash off western France
Jul 31, 1998; PHILIPPE DOSSAL Associated Press Writer AP Online 07-31-1998 VANNES, France (AP) _ Rescuers found wreckage, bodies and possibly...
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dorsal
Jan 01, 2000; dorsal, also dossal . A piece of cloth which is sometimes hung at the back of an altar in place of a reredos .
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