altar

[US]/'ɔːltə/
[UK]/'ɔltɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a table or platform used as the center of worship in a religious ceremony; a sacred place or structure for offering sacrifices or religious ceremonies.

Phrases & Collocations

church altar

wedding altar

Example Sentences

an altar for sacrificial offerings.

to genuflect before an altar

to approach the enkindled altar

no businessman is going to sacrifice his company on the altar of such altruism.

the altar was carved from a block of solid jade.

a line of altar boys proceeded down the aisle.

the altar is railed off from the nave.

the altar paintings seem in need of restoration.

The pews, the pulpit and the altar are of a piece with the simple elegance of the church itself.

The Bema became a standard fixture in Eastern Orthodox churches, functioning as a stage for the altar and clergy.

Your mysterious handle is all we know of you, but it is your blog we worship on the altar of erotism.

Our young friend then drove on to the church as calm as you like, and the princess gave him her hand at the altar, and he lived with her as happy as a woodlark.

Our young friend then drove on to the church as calm as you like,the princess gave him her hand at the altar,he lived with her as happy as a woodlark.

A few moments later, he returned with an altar-boy carrying a crucifix, and a sacristan who walked before them ringing a bell to announce that the Lord was coming to the house of the dying woman.

And, as in the legend, it had resulted that her Cyprian image had suddenly appeared upon his altar, whereby the fire of the priest had been wellnigh extinguished.

Und der Priester soll's anzünden auf dem Altar zur Speise des Feuers zum süßen Geruch. Alles Fett ist des HERRN.

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