altar
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Around the altar, placards bearing the names of Christian villages in south Lebanon -- cut off from the rest of the country or under fire -- had been placed.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Perhaps he didn’t understand the new Protestant Communion—rather than at an altar, the sacrament now took place over a table covered with a simple cloth—and he was pleading that someone explain it to him.
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
A blue-lit image of Jackson was projected on a giant screen behind an altar.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
The altar includes seven items that begin with the letter s, all with their own symbolic meaning.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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