'altar' definitions:
Definition of 'altar'
(from WordNet)
noun
The table in Christian churches where communion is given [syn: altar, communion table, Lord's table]
noun
A raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made
Synonyms of 'altar'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- altar carpet,
- altar desk,
- altar facing,
- altar of prothesis,
- altar rail,
- altar side,
- altar slab,
- altar stair,
- altar stone,
- altarpiece,
- ancona,
- bomos,
- chancel table,
- Communion table,
- credence,
- eschara,
- frontal,
- gradin,
- hestia,
- holy table,
- mensal,
- missal stand,
- predella,
- prothesis,
- retable,
- retablo,
- rood altar,
- scrobis,
- superaltar