holy table

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Then, glancing upwards, I beheld the priest Whipping the cheese-cakes and figs from off The holy table; thence he coasted round To every altar spying what was left.

From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by Osler, William

Michael was on his knees clasping the holy table; Constantine stood on the right; both were dressed like monks, and their features were so transformed by terror as to be almost beyond recognition.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

The cracks that had crept across the cloth of the holy table and scarred the faces of the disciples were no longer to be seen.

From Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories by Baker, Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker)

The holy table was removed from the centre, and set altarwise against the eastern wall, with a cloth of arras behind it, on which was embroidered the history of the Last Supper.

From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by Green, John Richard

He made the Novena; applied the water to the stomach, the seat of suffering, and on the ninth day approached the holy table.

From The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation by Religious of the Ursuline Community, A