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Meanings of altar in English
Usage of altar in English
1
The Bishop in his vestments dispensed the sacrament from the simple altar.
2
The theatre was born of the cathedral; the stage, of the altar.
3
Unfortunately, with the removal of altar rails, this is often made difficult.
4
DR: One way I think of it is as a collective altar.
5
True spirituality can see the altar in the cookstove and the washtub.
6
Over the altar in the chapel is a painting of the murder.
7
I believe that it takes place before an altar as in church.
8
On the altar that is in the place the flame burnt brightly.
9
I could not exorcise it; it stood between us at the altar.
10
Jason stared, finding a clear view of the nave and the altar.
11
On the altar to the left is the shrine of the Mother-of-Demons.
12
The altar-boy carries the book to the left side of the altar.
13
The sisters walked up the nave to the altar, hand in hand.
14
Above the altar the divine woman holds the wreath encircling the angel.
15
The altar used at the festival in honour of Daedalus on Mt.
16
The marshal salutes the altar and the princes and resumes his place.
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Altar through the time
Altar across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common