[Gr. καταπέτασμα curtain, veil, the veil of the temple, f. καταπεταννύ-ναι to spread out over.] The curtain at the chancel-screen, veiling the altar from the congregation, in the Greek Church.
1798. W. Tooke, Cath. II. (ed. 2), II. v. 85. On the roof, over the catapetasma and holy doors, is a representation of the supreme being, in the figure of an old man in white raiment.
