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单词 altared
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altaredadj.

Brit. /ˈɔːltəd/, /ˈɒltəd/, U.S. /ˈɔltərd/, /ˈɑltərd/
Forms: see altar n. and -ed suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: altar n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < altar n. + -ed suffix2.
Chiefly literary and poetic. Now rare.
1. Of, belonging, or relating to an altar.
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1641 Arminian Nunnery 6 The east end, where the altered table stood.
1662 G. Wither Procl. of King of Kings 12 All the altar'd Relicks of Superstition.
1728 J. Smedley Gulliveriana 35 And now my Heart does almost bleed, (Like that of Altar'd Beast).
1876 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids vii. 193 The tale of altared deities.
1898 N. Carolina University Mag. June 191 O! sacrifice, upon the altared shrine Where youth and beauty worship evermore.
2009 D. Husband Altared Life ii. 23 The altared life, the life lived in the presence of God,..is Satan's greatest fear.
2. Having an altar or altars. Sometimes with modifying word.
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1750 Gentleman's Mag. June 277/2 The dark recess Of Anchoress, in superstitious times, with altar'd temple.
1841 Graham's Mag. Jan. 2/2 The altar'd palace of an eastern prince.
1870 N. Macleod Days in North India iv. 142 The dark,..chapeled, altared, pictured, and tawdry image-crowded churches of Rome.
1922 Missions Feb. 75/1 Imagine an immense, altared, candled, pulpited Lutheran church.
2009 L. Slocum Life Tuneups vii. 136 [He] had the opportunity to spend time in a wide variety of altared spaces. He visited and worshiped in mosques..[and] churches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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