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Meanings of communion table in English

Portuguese
altar
Catalan
altar
Spanish
altar

The table in Christian churches where communion is given.

        altar
        Usage of communion table in English
        1
        Richard Dukesayle, in 1630, gave the utensils belonging to the communion table.
        An History of Birmingham (1783)
        2
        He glanced down at the white-draped communion table, as he continued:
        The Mark of the Beast
        3
        O mores!-of cedar and immortelles, stood on the communion table.
        Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish.
        4
        The old high-altar stone is still in existence, and is now used as the communion table.
        England of My Heart : Spring
        5
        The communion table was plain and simple and stood modestly in the centre of the choir.
        The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
        6
        Next the sufferer entered the church and lay down under the communion table till break of day.
        The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
        7
        Vernon Street Church, just as many years afterwards he received Mr. Moody to the same communion table.
        Recollections of a Long Life: An Autobiography
        8
        The centre window, immediately over the communion table, represented the Saviour of the world, dying upon the cross.
        The Rosary
        9
        I should consider it an infamous mockery to go to the communion table without feeling the proper conviction.
        The Wandering Jew — Volume 03
        10
        Grace entered my heart, and I knelt at the communion table, I trust, in true humility of soul.
        Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
        11
        Beside him at that communion table knelt a young gunner, "Joe," of the Royal Field Artillery.
        With Our Soldiers in France
        12
        The main difference is that there is no altar; the communion table being placed in the body of the church.
        The Recreations of a Country Parson
        13
        He asked me if I would remove the candlesticks from the communion table, and let him preach in a black gown.
        From Death into Life / or, Twenty Years of my Ministry
        14
        It spread into the parent church, and over one hundred converts made their public confession of Christ before our communion table.
        Recollections of a Long Life: An Autobiography
        15
        These were the seats for communicants, and the communion table until about sixteen years ago stood in the middle of the chancel.
        Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury / with some Ac...
        16
        A gallery ran across each end of the room, and in the middle stood the pulpit, with the communion table before it.
        Manasseh: A Romance of Transylvania
        Translations for communion table
        Portuguese
        altar
        Catalan
        altar
        Spanish
        altar