altar
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Around the altar, placards bearing the names of Christian villages in south Lebanon -- cut off from the rest of the country or under fire -- had been placed.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
At this point an archaeologist was called, who discovered the skeleton beneath where the altar table had stood 200 years ago.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Simple pews take up a small portion of the subdued space, whose altar is backed by a bright window framing a centuries-old sculpture of the Virgin and Christ Child.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
A blue-lit image of Jackson was projected on a giant screen behind an altar.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 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
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