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Definition of: superaltar
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′pər·ôl′tər) noun Eccl.
1. A consecrated slab laid on an unconsecrated altar when mass is said in oratories or temporary chapels.
2. Sometimes, incorrectly, a retable. [<Med. L superaltare <L super- over + altare an altar]
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