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Definition of altar
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of altar is as below...
Altar (n.) A
raised
structure
(as a
square
or
oblong
erection
of stone or wood) on which
sacrifices
are
offered
or
incense
burned
to a
deity.
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Piscina
::
Piscina
(n.) A niche near the altar in a
church,
containing
a small basin for
rinsing
altar
vessels..
Baldachin
::
Baldachin
(n.) A
structure
in form of a
canopy,
sometimes
supported
by
columns,
and
sometimes
suspended
from the roof or
projecting
from the wall;
generally
placed
over an
altar;
as, the
baldachin
in St.
Peter's..
Haikal
::
Haikal
(n.) The
central
chapel
of the three
forming
the
sanctuary
of a
Coptic
church.
It
contains
the high
altar,
and is
usually
closed
by an
embroidered
curtain..
Vestal
::
Vestal
(a.) A
virgin
consecrated
to
Vesta,
and to the
service
of
watching
the
sacred
fire, which was to be
perpetually
kept
burning
upon her
altar..
Catabasion
::
Catabasion
(n.) A vault under altar of a Greek
church.
Gradino
::
Gradino
(n.) A step or
raised
shelf,
as above a
sideboard
or
altar.
Cf.
Superaltar,
and
Gradin..
Chapel
::
Chapel
(n.) a room or
recess
in a
church,
containing
an
altar..
Sanctuary
::
Sanctuary
(n.) The most
sacred
part of any
religious
building,
esp. that part of a
Christian
church
in which the altar is
placed..
Sacrifice
::
Sacrifice
(n.)
Anything
consecrated
and
offered
to God, or to a
divinity;
an
immolated
victim,
or an
offering
of any kind, laid upon an
altar,
or
otherwise
presented
in the way of
religious
thanksgiving,
atonement,
or
conciliation..
Ritualism
::
Ritualism
(n.)
Specifically
:(a) The
principles
and
practices
of those in the
Church
of
England,
who in the
development
of the
Oxford
movement,
so-called,
have
insisted
upon a
return
to the use in
church
services
of the
symbolic
ornaments
(altar
cloths,
encharistic
vestments,
candles,
etc.) that were
sanctioned
in the
second
year of
Edward
VI., and
never,
as they
maintain,
forbidden
by
competennt
authority,
although
generally
disused.
Schaff-Herzog
Encyc.
(b) Also, the
principles
and
practices
o
Altarist
::
Altarist
(n.) A vicar of a
church.
Oath
::
Oath (n.) A
solemn
affirmation,
connected
with a
sacred
object,
or one
regarded
as
sacred,
as the
temple,
the
altar,
the blood of Abel, the
Bible,
the
Koran,
etc..
Mothering
::
Mothering
(n.) A rural
custom
in
England,
of
visiting
one's
parents
on
Midlent
Sunday,
--
supposed
to have been
originally
visiting
the
mother
church
to make
offerings
at the high
altar..
Sacrifice
::
Sacrifice
(n.) To make an
offering
of; to
consecrate
or
present
to a
divinity
by way of
expiation
or
propitiation,
or as a token
acknowledgment
or
thanksgiving;
to
immolate
on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to
procure
favor,
or to
express
thankfulness;
as, to
sacrifice
an ox or a
sheep..
Chantry
::
Chantry
(n.) A
chapel
or altar so
endowed.
Aruspex
::
Aruspex
(n.) One of the class of
diviners
among the
Etruscans
and
Romans,
who
foretold
events
by the
inspection
of the
entrails
of
victims
offered
on the
altars
of the
gods..
Altarpiece
::
Altarpiece
(n.) The
painting
or piece of
sculpture
above and
behind
the
altar;
reredos.
Frithstool
::
Frithstool
(n.) A seat in
churches
near the
altar,
to which
offenders
formerly
fled for
sanctuary..
Tripod
::
Tripod
(n.) Any
utensil
or
vessel,
as a
stool,
table,
altar,
caldron,
etc.,
supported
on three
feet..
Shittah Tree
::
Shittah
tree (n.) A tree that
furnished
the
precious
wood of which the ark,
tables,
altars,
boards,
etc., of the
Jewish
tabernacle
were made; -- now
believed
to have been the wood of the
Acacia
Seyal,
which is hard, fine
grained,
and
yellowish
brown in
color..
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