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Definition of: altar
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(ôl′tər) noun
1. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned as an act of worship.
2. Eccl. The structure of wood or stone on which the elements are consecrated in the Eucharist; the communion table.
—to lead to the altar To marry. ◆) Homophone: alter.( [OE <L altare high altar <altus high]
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