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. David Lee:

   It was pandemonium. They weren't just giving money, but shoes, watches and diamond rings, there were people dropping alligator shoes on the altar.

2. Aurora Anaya-Cerda:

   People build altars to let their loved ones know they were missed, candles are lit to help guide them back to their home and some of their favorite items are set out to make them feel welcomed. I've made an altar in honor of my grandmother, setting out her favorite perfume.

3. 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.

4. Constantin Stanislavski:

   A true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is exactly the same way that a true artist should react to the stage all the time he is in the theater. An actor who is incapable of this feeling will never be a true artist.

5. Tom Lahren:

   The rest of uslittle people should make sure that we're offsetting our car and making sure that we're canceling pipelines, making sure that we're riddingthis country of thousands of high paying jobs in the name of climate change, but people like him, that's the only option they have, to fly private or be on a yacht or any of these rich celebrities that do all the same things and then still worship at the altar of the almighty climate change yet again. Is this surprising to anyone? Because it certainly is not surprising to me.