Altar

What do we mean by altar?

An elevated place or structure before which religious ceremonies may be enacted or upon which sacrifices may be offered. noun

A structure, typically a table, before which the divine offices are recited and upon which the Eucharist is celebrated in Christian churches. noun

An elevated place or structure, a block of stone, or any object of appropriate form, on which sacrifices are offered or incense is burned to a deity. noun

In most Christian churches, the communion-table. noun

The steps at the sides of a graving-dock. noun

A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. noun

In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table. noun

The cover for an altar in a Christian church, usually richly embroidered. noun

A cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian church to support the service book. noun

See Frontal. noun

The railing in front of the altar or communion table. noun

A wall or partition built behind an altar to protect it from approach in the rear. noun

A tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc. noun

Place of family devotions. noun

To marry; -- said of a woman. noun

A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites. noun

The table in Christian churches where communion is given noun

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

A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

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

Anything that is worshipped or sacrificed to.

Words that are spelled similarly to altar:
altar, alter, attar, alar, altair, alta, atar, altai, astar, alvar, algar, almar, antar, alwar, aliar, altac, altay, alcar, altas, altan, faltar, altr, saltar, alfar, baltar, altgr.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word altar:
reredos, lectern, crucifix, pulpit, sacristy, altarpiece, apse, pews, tabernacle, baptismal, stela, incense, annunciation, transept, candles, eucharist, gilded, sacrament, crucifixion, marble, chancel, rails, font, relics, stained, fresco, sculpted, frescoes, rosary, nave, aisle, crypt, statues, depicting, communion, carved, basilica, supper, madonna, blessed, chapel, sanctuary, stalls, zeus, consecrated, liturgical, flanked, frontal, baroque, liturgy, virgin, canvas, decorated, statue, cathedral, sacrifice, tomb, offerings, mosaic, canopy, choir, ceiling, depicts, organ, shrine, giuseppe, saints, inscription, saint, sculptor, cloth, priest, christ, painting, painted, holy, columns, church, wooden, dedicated, gothic, icon, sacred, angels, convent, jesus, bread, congregation, decoration, goddess, patron, assumption, feast, panels, table, dome, erected, window, prayer, glass.

Words that rhyme with altar:
alter, falter, halter, psalter, gibraltar, walter, salter, faulter, defaulter, vaulter, balter, rock of gibraltar, saulter, malter, strait of gibraltar, winterhalter, stalter, assault her, exalt her, fault her, halt her, kalter.

Adjectives that are often used to describe altar:
high, main, great, small, sacrificial, golden, holy, sacred, portable, central, domestic, ancient, brazen, grand, very, principal, wooden, temporary, buddhist, simple, christian, fire, roman, ancestral, beautiful, pagan, mine, round, makeshift, rude, heavenly, magnificent, circular, hymeneal, bronze, square, baroque, huge, inner, heathen, chief, green, votive, elaborate, famous, outer, plain, shaped, bloody, papal, carved, century, horned, gilded, rectangular, splendid, rustic, tiny, ornate, primitive, gothic, outdoor, vedic, massive, monumental, secret, rough, side.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective altar:
piece, pieces, boy, cloth, tomb, stone, boys, cloths, table, rails, call, rail, fire, steps, screen, flame, fires, tombs, stones, furniture, picture, candles, end, lights, frontal, linen, vessels, screens, wine, wall, breads, calls, frontals, fellowship, painting, light, pictures, bread, paintings, stairs, decoration, hearth, shrine, tables, girls, smoke, base, slab, throne, plate, hangings, decorations, front, furnishings, flowers, ornaments, cards, linens, cross, railing, servers, monument, mounds, flames, candlesticks, fronts, panels, lamps, inscription, crosses, lamp, coverings, slabs, horns, wings, platform, chapel, clothes, stair, guilds, worship, enclosure, crumb, offerings, niche, sacrifice.

Consonant match to altar:
alter, alto, alta, altai, all too, altay, alt a, alti-, l t, al t, al te, al ti, all t, alt e, alt i, aul t, el t, hall t, halt a, halt he, halt her, halt i, hill t, holt a, holt o, il t, il te, ill t, l ter, ul t, ul te.

Words that sound like altar:
alter, altar, altare, alder, aulder, elter, ilter, falter, altered, walter, faulter, halter, alters, ault, aller, alty, salter, vaulter, altars, autre, psalter, palter, autor, balter, malter, allor, faltar, altern, saulter, altier, valter, saltar, altay, alterer, haltere, older, elder, eldor, eldr, otter, outer, alt, alta, alure, balder, auld, calder, altair, alte, outre, alts, oller, auter, alders, almer, halder, allaire, alti, walder, caulder, owler, altra, all too, alir, altro, aunter, baldr, all to, alur, baldor, -old, allure, ater, atter, belter, alar, bolter, atr, attar, aler, aitr, alor, atre, aylor, beltre, -ator, alerter, altai, alster, aitor, boulter, alair, allower, atur, attr, boelter, allier, -ular, allayer, aliar.