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altar::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | communion table, lord's table |
| Type of | table |
altar::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | construction, structure |
| Has types | high altar |
Examples of altar
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This not something we are prepared to risk sacrificing on the altar of ideology.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Standing in front of him, as august as an altar, is a divided projection screen.
From the time.com
I've learned to bring my eat-in plates to this fiery altar to customize my food.
From the chron.com
Also found in the altar trench was a sample of fulgurite or petrified lightning.
From the sciencedaily.com
Altar or arbor arrangements help make the background for a couple's wedding day.
From the ocregister.com
Miloje Milinkovic painted more than 400 images in St. Sava, including the altar.
From the sacbee.com
There's even an unfinished altar made entirely of amber at St. Bridget's Church.
From the cnn.com
He's a TV evangelist who makes altar calls and then drives away in his Cadillac.
From the time.com
The candle used in Love's baptism flickered on the altar throughout the service.
From the washingtonpost.com
- The table in Christian churches where communion is given
- A raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made
- An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices and votive offerings are made for religious purposes, or some other sacred place where ceremonies take place. Altars are usually found at shrines, and they can be located in temples, churches and other places of worship. ...
- Altar is a collaboration album between Japanese doom band Boris and American drone doom duo Sunn O))), released on October 31, 2006 through Southern Lord Records. ...
- Altar is a Dutch death metal band. The band started in the early 1990s under various names, including Manticore and Anubis, in the town of Hardenberg. Eventually they settled on Altar. In 1992 they released their only demo, which landed them at Displeased Records. ...
- In the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, the altar is where the Sacrifice of the Mass is offered. Mass may sometimes be celebrated outside a sacred place, but never without an altar, or at least an altar stone.
- Altar is a house music duo of Brazilian producers and DJs Macau and VMC. Formed in 2001, the duo began receiving recognition in nightclubs in 2003 after the release of their single "Sexercize". ...
- A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites
- Step in a dry dock, on which lower ends of shores rest.
