Altar (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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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. communion table.
  3. the constellation Ara.
  4. (in a dry dock) a ledge for supporting the feet of shorings.
Idioms
  1. to marry: After a five-year courtship, he led her to the altar.
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. to marry
Altar (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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