Synonyms for altar
ˈɔl təral·tar

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1. altar, communion table, Lord's tablenoun

   the table in Christian churches where communion is given

   Synonyms:
   communion table

2. altarnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   communion table

Matched Categories

1. • Structure
   • Table

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1. ofrenda

   because they are both decorated in a very special way for the celebration of the day of the dead.

   Submitted by 16629 on October 27, 2020  

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1. altarnoun

   Synonyms:
   sacrificial structure

2. altarnoun

   Synonyms:
   shrine, sacred place, place of worship

3. altarnoun

   Synonyms:
   communion-table

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1. altarnoun

   Associated words:
   reredos, altarage, mensa, retable, chancel, ciborium, pyx, dorsal, dossal, piscina, antependium, baldachin, hagioscope, predella, frontal

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1. List of paraphrases for "altar":

   aisle, sake, alice, shrine, alter

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1. Nicolle Wallace:

   Glenn Youngkin worshipped at the altar of Donald Trump … Glenn Youngkin did not really put much distance between Glenn Youngkin and Donald Trump on the big lie or the deadly insurrection, so, I think that the real ominous thing, is that critical race theory, which is n’t real, turned the suburbs 15 points to the Trump-insurrection-endorsed Republican.

2. Ted Cruz:

   Our constitutional liberties should not be subject to the whims of the current administration, and – whether Hobby Lobby or the Little Sisters of the Poor – people of faith should not be made to bow down at the altar of political correctness.

3. Pope Francis on Wednesday:

   He accepted his martyrdom there on the altar, he gave his life for us so as not to deny Jesus . . . He is a martyr and martyrs are beatified.

4. Yossi Tzur:

   (Khudair's) name on the memorial debases the memory of all the other fallen people, he is not part of the Israeli ethos. He is not part of the sacrifice our children made at the altar for the sake of Israel's establishment and existence.

5. Carly Fiorina:

   Droughts are nothing new in California, but right now, 70 percent of California's rainfall washes out to sea because liberals have prevented theconstruction of a single new reservoir or a single new water conveyance system over decades, during a period in which California’s population has doubled, this is theclassic case of liberals being willing to sacrifice other people's lives and livelihoods at the altar of their ideology.