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
Knight also entered a mausoleum behind the altar and opened up a box containing ashes, Fraser said.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
Like an evangelist giving an altar call, his bid is invitational in nature.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026
I walk up the three steps to the altar and step over the small railing that separates the masses from all that is sacred.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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