altar

Example Sentences

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Scorsese grew up in New York’s Little Italy as a Catholic altar boy and aspiring priest who was also fascinated by the mafiosos that loomed large in his community.

From The Wall Street Journal

Blanc will reveal the truth, proclaiming his choice to “kneel at the altar of the rational.”

From Los Angeles Times

Mapplethorpe genuflects at the altar of that icon with a platinum portrait of Warhol, backed by a halo of light and surrounded by silk panels that form a cross.

From The Wall Street Journal

Or even by you, as you will be at the altar anyway, although at your daughter’s side, not his.

From Washington Post

Prime de Rivera's grave is next to the altar at a basilica in the Valley of the Fallen - the Franco mausoleum now renamed Cuelgamuros Valley.

From BBC