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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024al•tar /ˈɔltɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a raised place or structure, as a platform, where religious rites are performed.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024al•tar (ôl′tər),USA pronunciation n. - an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- [Eccles.]See communion table.
- (cap.) [Astron.]the constellation Ara.
- (in a dry dock) a ledge for supporting the feet of shorings.
- lead to the altar, to marry:After a five-year courtship, he led her to the altar.
- Latin altāria (plural), of disputed origin and formation, but probably akin to Latin adolēre to ritually burn, Umbrian uřetu let it burn
- Old French aut(i)er), Old English alter (Old English also altar; compare Middle Dutch outaer, Old Saxon, Old Norse altari, Old High German altāri)
- Middle English alter, altar (influenced by Latin), auter (bef. 1000
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: altar /ˈɔːltə/ n - a raised place or structure where sacrifices are offered and religious rites performed
- (in Christian churches) the communion table
- a step in the wall of a dry dock upon which structures supporting a vessel can stand
Etymology: Old English, from Latin altāria (plural) altar, from altus high |