Synonyms for altar
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : awl-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔl tər |
Définition of altar
Origin :- Old English alter, altar, from Latin altare (plural altaria) "high altar, altar for sacrifice to the great gods," perhaps originally meaning "burnt offerings" (cf. Latin adolere "to worship, to offer sacrifice, to honor by burning sacrifices to"), but influenced by Latin altus "high." In Middle English, often auter, from Old French auter. Reintroduced from Latin 1500s. As a symbol of marriage, by 1820.
- noun church table, pedestal
- In the midst of the barrier stood an altar, on the top of which was a brazen eagle.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- The service for him was Sidney, rather awed and very serious, beside the altar.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He was of the first that were baptized by Father Letrado, and served the altar.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- The Abbe Cornille, having mounted to the altar, had just come down again.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- They signed some papers, there by the light of the altar candles.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- I have kissed your olive wreath, where it hangs above our altar at home.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
- I laid it reverently on the washhand-stand, as a heart should be laid on an altar.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- A broad flight of steps led up to it, with an altar at the foot.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- After the king had been laid in his grave, they had killed oxen before the altar.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- The inside was ornamented, too, and there was an altar in there.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
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