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Noun Concept

Categories: Articles with short description, Objects used in Hindu worship, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, Tables (furniture)

altar altars Altar-table Altar de los muertos altar table

A raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made WordNet 3.0

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A raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Wikipedia

Religious structure for sacrifices or offerings. Wikipedia Disambiguation

A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary. Wiktionary

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superstructure of an altarpiece

oltarna menza

PART OF

Greek sanctuary

St. Jerome's Cathedral

Saint Joseph's Church

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Altar of the Twelve Gods

Sanctuary of Aphrodite Urania

Altar of Our Lady

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft

Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus

Encyclopedic Lexicon

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sacrifice

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Altar-table, Altar de los muertos, altar table, altars, Bomos, Devotional Altar, Golden Altar, High-altar, Holy Table, Horns, Altar, Low altar, Mizbach, Mizbayach, Mizbe'ah, Mizbeyach, portable altar