altar
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A pair of deep seats covered in nubby upholstery sit close to this sacred space’s altar — a vinyl-stacked media console holding a vintage receiver and turntable, flanked by two ATC SCM50 loudspeakers.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
The election of Leo XIV as Pope "touched something inside me," said Kawakami, who will be among the altar servers at the papal mass.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
For Saturday's afternoon celebration, an altar has been built on the Place de la Concorde and a large area around the Champs-Élysées sealed off by police.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The Catholic service, conducted in Armenian, was open-casket, allowing mourners a final chance to say goodbye as they filed by the altar at the conclusion of the ceremony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
“My knight will rescue me,” Jack heard the boy princess on the altar say in an unnaturally high-pitched voice.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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Jair Hernandez wears his best Azteca outfit while attending the official opening of the Dia De Los Muertos altars in Gloria Molina Grand Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
In a middle-class neighborhood, altars, crucifixes, and images of the Pope adorn the home of Joaquin Kawakami Effio, a 15-year-old who is considering the priesthood.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Today, the excavated base of the Templo Mayor, the step pyramid topped with altars to the Aztec gods of war and rain, is an open-air archaeological site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
If you’re paying attention, you’ll start to notice them — little altars to chef Anthony Bourdain scattered across America’s restaurants, displayed with something close to religious conviction.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2025
She snatched it up and with a hurried glance at the temple, where the three altars were only blobs of darkest black on a black background, she hurried back to the fence.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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