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An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices are made for religious purposes. Altars are usually found at shrines, and they can be located in ...
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Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( ôl ' tər ) n. An elevated place or structure before which religious ceremonies may be enacted or upon which ...
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noun 1. 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. 2 ...
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Definition of ALTAR. 1: a usually raised structure or place on which sacrifices are offered or incense is burned in worship —often used figuratively to describe a ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ALTAR. ol'-ter (mizbeach, literally, "place of slaughter or sacrifice," from zabhach, which is found in both senses; bomos ...
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History of the Christian Altar. The Christian altar consists of an elevated surface, tabular in form, on which the Sacrifice of the Mass is offered.
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In the liturgy of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the altar is where the Sacrifice of the Mass is offered. Mass may sometimes be celebrated outside a sacred ...
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al·tar (ôl t r) n. 1. An elevated place or structure before which religious ceremonies may be enacted or upon which sacrifices may be offered. 2.
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description and definition ... Author: Matthew G. Easton, edited and reorganized by Paul S. Taylor.
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ALTAR (Lat. altare, from altos, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4), strictly a base or pedestal used ...
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