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| Main Entry: |
altar
 [awl-ter] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | church table, pedestal |
| Synonyms: | chantry, font, reredos, retable, shrine, tabernacle |
| Main Entry: | shrine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tribute to a god, idol, or spirit |
| Synonyms: | altar, chapel, church, enshrinement, grave, hallowed place, holy place, mausoleum, reliquary, sacred place, sanctorium, sanctuary, sanctum, sepulcher, temple |
| Main Entry: | communion table |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alter in a Christian church |
| Synonyms: | Lord's table, altar, chancel table, holy table, table of the Lord |
Example Sentences
- The sarcophagus had long been believed buried beneath the church's main altar.
- If our work is worship, almost all of it is at a secular altar.
- Oracles usually meet patients in their houses, bringing them to an altar in the kitchen.
| Main Entry: | sacrarium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sanctuary |
| Synonyms: | altar, chancel, holy place, sanctorium, sanctum, shrine, temple |
| Main Entry: | sanctorium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sanctuary |
| Synonyms: | altar, chancel, holy place, sacrarium, sanctum, shrine, temple |
| Main Entry: | sanctum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sanctuary |
| Synonyms: | altar, chancel, holy place, sacrarium, sanctorium, shrine, temple |
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