| 单词 | altar stair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaltar stair altar stair n. (as collective singular) a flight of stairs leading up to an altar; (as a count noun, frequently in plural) one of these stairs; also figurative. ΚΠ 1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 21 Now we stood on the altar stair. 1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 189 Chancel screen and Altar stair. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iv. 164 The topmost altar-stair. 1921 Rotarian Apr. 167 Here is Rotary's throne, the others [sc. other worthy societies] are the mere altar-stairs. 2010 Express (Scottish ed.) (Nexis) 17 Sept. 4 Her mother carried her all the way up the altar stairs. < as lemmas |
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