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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 altars
The altars are laden with baked goods, fruit and flowers.
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Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
Families, villages, and churches came together in gratitude, building altars laden with food in his honor.
—Cindy Salvato, Saveur, 19 Mar. 2025
The church houses one of the earliest organs in Europe as well as one of its most remarkable altars.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Paying a visit to church altars, for instance, gives you an extra healing flask, which proves incredibly useful.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
The rest of the land includes campus facilities such as dormitories, dining halls, conference centers for Buddhist study and several religious altars used for prayer.
—Lauren Costantino and, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Other altars for the victims have been set up nationwide.
—Afp, Fortune Asia, 2 Jan. 2025
Many cities across the country planned to set up memorial altars.
—John Yoon, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
In the case of poinsettia, Franciscan friars during the 17th century co-opted its use to decorate nativity scenes and altars, as well as to convert Indigenous peoples to Christianity.
—Norman Ellstrand and Nathan Ellstrand / Made By History, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
Families, villages, and churches came together in gratitude, building altars laden with food in his honor.
—Cindy Salvato, Saveur, 19 Mar. 2025
The church houses one of the earliest organs in Europe as well as one of its most remarkable altars.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Paying a visit to church altars, for instance, gives you an extra healing flask, which proves incredibly useful.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
The rest of the land includes campus facilities such as dormitories, dining halls, conference centers for Buddhist study and several religious altars used for prayer.
—Lauren Costantino and, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Other altars for the victims have been set up nationwide.
—Afp, Fortune Asia, 2 Jan. 2025
Many cities across the country planned to set up memorial altars.
—John Yoon, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
In the case of poinsettia, Franciscan friars during the 17th century co-opted its use to decorate nativity scenes and altars, as well as to convert Indigenous peoples to Christianity.
—Norman Ellstrand and Nathan Ellstrand / Made By History, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Altars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altars. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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