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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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Percher
::
Percher
(v. i.) A Paris
candle
anciently
used in
England;
also, a large wax
candle
formerly
set upon the
altar..
Orientation
::
Orientation
(n.) An
aspect
or
fronting
to the east;
especially
(Arch.),
the
placing
of a
church
so that the
chancel,
containing
the altar
toward
which the
congregation
fronts
in
worship,
will be on the east end..
Retrochoir
::
Retrochoir
(n.) Any
extension
of a
church
behind
the high
altar,
as a
chapel;
also, in an
apsidal
church,
all the space
beyond
the line of the back or
eastern
face of the
altar..
Fashion
::
Fashion
(n.) The make or form of
anything;
the
style,
shape,
appearance,
or mode of
structure;
pattern,
model;
as, the
fashion
of the ark, of a coat, of a
house,
of an
altar,
etc.;
workmanship;
execution..
Candlemas
::
Candlemas
(n.) The
second
day of
February,
on which is
celebrated
the feast of the
Purification
of the
Virgin
Mary; -- so
called
because
the
candles
for the altar or other
sacred
uses are
blessed
on that day..
Sedilia
::
Sedilia
(n. pl.) Seats in the
chancel
of a
church
near the altar for the
officiating
clergy
during
intervals
of
service.
Ciborium
::
Ciborium
(n.) A
canopy
usually
standing
free and
supported
on four
columns,
covering
the high
altar,
or, very
rarely,
a
secondary
altar..
Tripod
::
Tripod
(n.) Any
utensil
or
vessel,
as a
stool,
table,
altar,
caldron,
etc.,
supported
on three
feet..
Introit
::
Introit
(n.) A part of a psalm or other
portion
of
Scripture
read by the
priest
at Mass
immediately
after
ascending
to the
altar.
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..
Superfuse
::
Superfrontal
(n.) A cloth which is
placed
over the top of an
altar,
and often hangs down a few
inches
over the
frontal..
Chapel
::
Chapel
(n.) a room or
recess
in a
church,
containing
an
altar..
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.
Altar
::
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.
Altar
::
Altar (n.) In the
Christian
church,
a
construction
of
stone,
wood, or other
material
for the
celebration
of the Holy
Eucharist;
the
communion
table..
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..
Gospeler
::
Gospeler
(n.) A
priest
or
deacon
who reads the
gospel
at the altar
during
the
communion
service.
Ostension
::
Ostension
(n.) The
showing
of the
sacrament
on the altar in order that it may
receive
the
adoration
of the
communicants.
Pace
::
Pace (n.) A broad step or
platform;
any part of a floor
slightly
raised
above the rest, as
around
an
altar,
or at the upper end of a
hall..
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