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Meanings of little altar in English

We have no meanings for "little altar" in our records yet.
Usage of little altar in English
1
The priest kindled a fire on the little altar before the madman.
Historical Miniatures
2
I pray at the little altar in the corner of my room.
The King’s Curse
3
In one corner was a little altar covered with a turquoise shawl.
Rebel island
4
The little altar boy finally broke away and fled down the aisle.
The Diamond Age
5
A little altar, with a stone step on which you kneel.
A Little Girl in Old Quebec
6
I had a little altar upstairs, and he said, 'Go on up and ask Her.'
Feminist dot com
7
She sees the crucifix, the books, the little altar.
Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II
8
They sat before the little altar loaded with flowers, with colored paper and winged saints.
The Secret of the Night
9
But the little altar is the sole object that breaks the continuity of the open floor.
A Siren
10
Every morning the smoking room was equipped with a little altar that supported two lighted candles.
Tell England / A Study in a Generation
11
The priest was standing by the little altar in the corner of his cell when Roldan entered.
The Valiant Runaways
12
A little altar boy from the United States could serve Mass in any part of the world.
Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 / An Explanation of the Baltimore Cat...
13
And a coffin came back, too, and was laid before the little altar in the disused chapel.
Red Pottage
14
The sanctuary was massed with them, the little altar standing out in vivid relief against their greenness.
Charred Wood
15
Here was a little altar very seemly draped, with stools for kneeling, and a chair or two.
The Isles of Sunset
16
A priest was at a little altar by the bier's head, other cowled figures crouched about it.
The Forest Lovers
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