Antonyms 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. altarnoun

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

How to use altar in a sentence?

1. Daniel Robertson:

   I’m feeling fantastic today, as she walked down the aisle I was thinking, ‘What took her so darn long to get ready? She had me waiting at the altar for her.’.

2. Van Jones:

   Progressives are not likely to leave Hillary Clinton at the altar this time, but we are right to demand a pre-nup. What is Hillary Clinton at the altar going to do ?

3. Thomas Jefferson:

   I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

4. Valentin Lopez:

   We were raised not to say anything bad about the Catholic religion, but at the same time, we can't stay quiet about this. It's like the altar boy scandal. All the people who stayed quiet about the altar boy scandal, how do they feel now? it seems like the church is doing all it can to separate Serra from the atrocities and deaths and what happened to the Indians, but that does not work.

5. Amnesty International:

   When I look back at that visit and see now how it has been remembered, I think about myself at age 13. I was going to Catholic school, I was an altar boy, the youth group I went to took place in a convent. Everything I did, my whole life, the Church was at the center of it, and I think about how Pope John Paul II said Pope John Paul II loved me -- well, Pope John Paul II didn't.

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