holy table
Example Sentences
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“Aunt Edith,” said Lettice, “pray you, why be those candlesticks on the holy table, with never a candle in them?”
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
When the singing had ceased the Chaplain went up to the holy table.
From In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry by Dupont, Marcel
Then the three knights took up the holy table and the Sangreal and went into the city; and there, in a chapel, they buried Sir Percival’s sister right solemnly.
From The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir
Do you have cards on the holy table?
From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)
In English: "I swear, that the holy table of the sun seems oblong to me, and I promise to remain in this opinion until my last breath."
