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altar

noun as in church table, pedestal

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On November 1 and 2, many Mexicans will visit their dead in cemeteries and place offerings at home on colorful altars.

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The organization was unrelenting in its advocacy for De Paz, creating an altar and rally for her in July to keep her story alive.

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Megan and Jordan didn’t make it to the altar — Megan broke things off just before the wedding because she felt their lifestyles would not mesh well long term.

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The trucks arrive to a clearing in the brush, a stacked DIY sound system is set up like an altar, orange light streams through the branches in the trees shadowing the night sky.

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In it are depicted small sphinxes, cult items and an altar, all items recovered from the ruins of Antirhodos and depicting a scene that likely would have taken place in the temple.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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