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altar

[ awl-ter ]

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. Ecclesiastical. communion table.
  3. Altar, Astronomy. the constellation Ara.
  4. (in a dry dock) a ledge for supporting the feet of shorings.


altar

/ 藞蓴藧濒迟蓹 /

noun

  1. a raised place or structure where sacrifices are offered and religious rites performed
  2. (in Christian churches) the communion table
  3. a step in the wall of a dry dock upon which structures supporting a vessel can stand
  4. lead to the altar informal.
    to marry
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of altar1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English alter, altar, auter, Old English altar, altare, alter; (compare Middle Dutch outaer, Old Saxon, Old Norse altari, Old High German 补濒迟腻谤颈 ), from Latin 补濒迟腻谤颈a (the more frequently used plural of 补濒迟腻谤别 used in a singular sense), of disputed origin and formation, but probably akin to Latin 补诲辞濒脓谤别 鈥渢o make a burnt offering, cremate,鈥 Umbrian 耻艡别迟耻 鈥渓et it burn, set incense on the fire鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of altar1

Old English, from Latin 补濒迟腻谤颈a (plural) altar, from altus high
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. lead to the altar, to marry:

    After a five-year courtship, he led her to the altar.

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What we ultimately witness is the feeling of the Hammer itself praying on her altar, which is what鈥檚 brilliant about the curatorial work of the project: Its limitations become the artistic statement.

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Swiss Guards, who are responsible for the Pope's safety, escorted his coffin to the church's altar.

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Among them is Jude Aquino, an altar server who reflected on the Pope's influence on young Catholics shortly after his death was confirmed.

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More than halfway through the nearly two-hour show, Cleo Sol briefly left the altar and resurfaced in the stands, toward the middle of the venue to sing 鈥淜now That You Are Loved.鈥

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Every day for over a week, I knelt before a makeshift altar in my bedroom, anchored myself to my breath and performed a most Herculean feat: twice daily, hour-long meditations.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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