holy table
Example Sentences
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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
Come to yonder holy table this day, and there claim your share in Christ, who is absent from you in the body, but ever present in the spirit.
From Discipline and Other Sermons by Kingsley, Charles
But the greatest part of them imitating that which they admired, drew near to the tribunal of penance, and the holy table.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 by Scott, Walter, Sir
“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)
