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altar

noun

Definition of altar

as in pulpit

a table or place which serves as a center of worship or ritual There was a small altar at the front of the room with candles on it.

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Recent Examples of altar This year's event will include 100 altars created by members of the community, the most in the festival's history. — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2026 To kneel at the altar of the market, to pray to the gods of the ultra-wealthy—these are not categorical values bestowed upon humanity, tenets beamed down to us from the cosmos. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 An ofrenda altar is a Mexican tradition intended to honor and celebrate the dead. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Set up an altar with long tapered candles, flowers, photographs. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for altar

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pulpit

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An elderly woman in a proper ink-black dress and modest, sensible heels motioned us over and led us down the aisle, inviting us to sit in the pair of waiting chairs just opposite the pulpit.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
In most Quaker houses of worship, there is no clergy, pulpit or altar.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

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