单词 | altar table |
释义 | > as lemmasaltar table altar table n. a table that is or forms an altar; an altar or altar slab; cf. table n. 7a. [Compare Middle Dutch outaertafel altar top, altar slab (Dutch altaartafel, now also in sense ‘painted altarpiece’), and also Old Frisian altartefle, Middle Low German alt̄artaffel, German Altartafel (14th cent.), all in sense ‘painted altarpiece’. Compare further Middle French, French table d'autel (1472 in sense ‘altar top, altar slab’; earlier denoting a type of decorative cloth apparently for the altar top (1419)).] ΚΠ 1477 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 110 For the caryage of the Altar-table from Wellys ijd. 1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 42 On alter table broken by Mr. Vycar. 1797 E. Hasted Hist. Kent (ed. 2) II. 549 Under an altar table of stone, supported by small pillars, lies the figure of a knight in armour. 1870 Architect 15 Jan. 36/2 The altar table is elevated on a foot-pace of stone richly tiled. 1961 L. Eisenhofer & J. Lechner Liturgy Rom. Rite v. i. 120 The altar-table (mensa)..must be firmly attached to the body [of the altar] and cover its whole surface. 2006 Church Times 5 May 6/2 The altar table, font, and pulpit have all been made from an oak tree that was cut down in the car park. < as lemmas |
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