altar
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They’d continue to play his music and worship at his altar.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
In my case, I had a book about horror films, and it had the Boris Karloff one where he’s a priest or something — he’s got a black altar with white crosses.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
They seem to be lowering Christ’s corpse, which is thrust forward from the picture plane, onto the altar below the painting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Married At First Sight features single people who agree to marry total strangers, meeting them for the first time at the altar.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
I went to the altar with them to get ashes, shuffling along in the swaying line.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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