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单词 altar
释义

altar /ölˈtər/

noun
  1. A block or table for making sacrifices on
  2. The table used for mass or the Eucharist
  3. A place where worship or the marriage ceremony is carried out (figurative)
  4. A ledge on a dry-dock wall
ORIGIN: L altāre, from altus high

alˈtarage noun

Offerings made upon the altar during the offertory, for the maintenance of the priest

alˈtarwise adverb

In the position of an altar at the east end of the chancel

altar boy noun

A boy assisting the priest at the altar, an acolyte

alˈtar-cloth noun

The covering of the altar, often including the frontal and the superfrontal

alˈtarpiece noun

A work of art placed above and behind an altar

alˈtar-rails plural noun

In a church or chapel, rails separating the presbytery from the rest of the chancel

alˈtar-stone noun

  1. A stone serving as an altar
  2. A consecrated slab forming or inserted in the top of an altar

alˈtar-tomb noun

A monumental memorial, in form like an altar, often with a canopy

family altar

The symbol or place of family worship

high altar

The principal altar

lead to the altar

To marry (a woman)

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