Altar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɒl.tə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Altar is a noun meaning A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
Meaning
A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
More Meanings
- (informal) A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.
- (figurative) Any (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to.
Example Sentences
Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar.
[…]now marking the end of ascetic rationalism, the monadology no longer implied a sacrifice of individuality on the altar of rationality.
To hawke, or els to hunt From the auter to the funt, Wyth cry unreverent, Before the sacrament, Wythin the holy church bowndis, That of our fayth the grownd is.
Word Forms
- altars
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