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altar

[awl-ter] / ˈɔl tər /
NOUN
church table, pedestal
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While silent, music is very much present in her altar as guitars flanked either side of the set up, highlighting her family’s artistic and musical roots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

But it’s the romantic material that really motivates this 32-year-old, who records in a booth in her bedroom next to an altar with a crystal ball and charms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

A pair of deep seats covered in nubby upholstery sit close to this sacred space’s altar — a vinyl-stacked media console holding a vintage receiver and turntable, flanked by two ATC SCM50 loudspeakers.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

The election of Leo XIV as Pope "touched something inside me," said Kawakami, who will be among the altar servers at the papal mass.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

An altar originally stood in front of the fresco, marking the transition between the upper and lower portions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Jair Hernandez wears his best Azteca outfit while attending the official opening of the Dia De Los Muertos altars in Gloria Molina Grand Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

In a middle-class neighborhood, altars, crucifixes, and images of the Pope adorn the home of Joaquin Kawakami Effio, a 15-year-old who is considering the priesthood.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Speaking of altars, Ms. Boston is sacrificing narrative momentum on behalf of a pretty obvious agenda—cataloging horror-movie conventions and classic devices and seeing if any still click.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

In England during the Reformation it was not only the altars that were stripped, but also sites in the landscape which were associated with animacy.

From Salon ● May 28, 2025

The nuns had put fresh flowers on the altars.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith


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