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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.) In the
Christian
church,
a
construction
of
stone,
wood, or other
material
for the
celebration
of the Holy
Eucharist;
the
communion
table..
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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..
Predella
::
Predella
(n.) The step, or
raised
secondary
part, of an
altar;
a
superaltar;
hence,
in
Italian
painting,
a band or
frieze
of
several
pictures
running
along the front of a
superaltar,
or
forming
a
border
or frame at the foot of an
altarpiece..
Gradino
::
Gradino
(n.) A step or
raised
shelf,
as above a
sideboard
or
altar.
Cf.
Superaltar,
and
Gradin..
Chantry
::
Chantry
(n.) A
chapel
or altar so
endowed.
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..
Saltarella
::
Saltarella
(n.) See
Saltarello.
Altarpiece
::
Altarpiece
(n.) The
painting
or piece of
sculpture
above and
behind
the
altar;
reredos.
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..
Percher
::
Percher
(v. i.) A Paris
candle
anciently
used in
England;
also, a large wax
candle
formerly
set upon the
altar..
Introit
::
Introit
(n.) A psalm sung or
chanted
immediately
before
the
collect,
epistle,
and
gospel,
and while the
priest
is
entering
within
the rails of the
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..
Dorsal
::
Dorsal
(a.) A
hanging,
usually
of rich
stuff,
at the back of a
throne,
or of an
altar,
or in any
similar
position..
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..
Hagioscope
::
Hagioscope
(n.) An
opening
made in the
interior
walls of a
cruciform
church
to
afford
a view of the altar to those in the
transepts;
--
called,
in
architecture,
a
squint..
Calefactory
::
Calefactory
(n.) A
hollow
sphere
of
metal,
filled
with hot
water,
or a
chafing
dish,
placed
on the altar in cold
weather
for the
priest
to warm his hands
with..
Sacrifice
::
Sacrifice
(v. i.) To make
offerings
to God, or to a
deity,
of
things
consumed
on the
altar;
to offer
sacrifice..
Altarist
::
Altarist
(n.) A
chaplain.
Desolate
::
Desolate
(a.) Laid
waste;
in a
ruinous
condition;
neglected;
destroyed;
as,
desolate
altars..
Chapel
::
Chapel
(n.) a room or
recess
in a
church,
containing
an
altar..
Chancel
::
Chancel
(v. t.) That part of a
church,
reserved
for the use of the
clergy,
where the
altar,
or
communion
table,
is
placed..
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