altar

They are evangelists who worship at its Texas toast–padded altar.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

This is a remix of the lecture supposedly spoiled millennials, who refused to sacrifice every small pleasure on the altar of homeownership, heard for years about $7 lattes.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

A former altar boy, he grew up as one of seven children in Nairobi informal settlements, and his parents scraped together enough to send him to school and university, where he studied criminology.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

A 14th Century church has been saved from closure after the discovery of a "miracle" hoard of gold coins worth nearly £30,000 found hidden under the altar.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

There was a chance, she thought, just the slimmest chance that an offering burned on this altar might appear at Camp Half-Blood.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

On November 1 and 2, many Mexicans will visit their dead in cemeteries and place offerings at home on colorful altars.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025

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

A trailblazer in Chicano art, Amalia Mesa-Bains is known for her reimagining of traditional Mexican altars and offerings and her presentations of Mexican American women’s spirituality.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

The lean-to temple now had two altars and two gods.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder