altar
Example Sentences
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Speaking of altars, Ms. Boston is sacrificing narrative momentum on behalf of a pretty obvious agenda—cataloging horror-movie conventions and classic devices and seeing if any still click.
At this point an archaeologist was called, who discovered the skeleton beneath where the altar table had stood 200 years ago.
From BBC
Married At First Sight features single people who agree to marry total strangers, meeting them for the first time at the altar.
From BBC
The mantelpiece became like an altar to his memory.
From Literature
She swept around the coffin and Imogene, and mounted the steps to the altar.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
