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altar

a table or platform used in a church service or ceremonial rite: They knelt at the altar for communion.

Not to be confused with:

alter – change: alter a will; adjust: She’ll need to alter her wedding gown to make it fit.

al·tar

(ôl′tər)

1. An elevated place or structure before which religious ceremonies may be enacted or upon which sacrifices may be offered.

2. A structure, typically a table, before which the divine offices are recited and upon which the Eucharist is celebrated in Christian churches.

[Middle English auter, from Old English altar and Old French auter, both from Latin altāre.]

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altar

(ˈɔːltə)

1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a raised place or structure where sacrifices are offered and religious rites performed

2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) (in Christian churches) the communion table

3. (Civil Engineering) a step in the wall of a dry dock upon which structures supporting a vessel can stand

4. lead to the altar informal to marry

[Old English, from Latin altāria (plural) altar, from altus high]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

al•tar

(ˈɔl tər)

n.

1. an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.

2. communion table.

Idioms:

lead to the altar, to marry.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English alter < Latin altāria (pl.)]

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Noun	1.	altar - the table in Christian churches where communion is given communion table, Lord's table table - a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table"
	2.	altar - a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made high altar - the main altar in a church structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"

Translations

مَذْبَحُ الكَنِيسَةِمَذْبَح الكَنِيسَهمَذْبَح تَقْدِيم القَرَابِين لِلآلِهَه

олтар

oltář

alter

alttari

oltar

oltár

altari

altare

祭壇

제단

altareara

altorius

алтарь жертвенник престол

oltár

oltar

žrtvenik

altare

แท่นบูชา

sunak mihrap

bàn thờ

祭坛圣坛

altar

[ˈɒltəʳ]

A. N → altar m
high altar → altar m mayor
he sacrificed all on the altar of his ambition → lo sacrificó todo en aras de su ambición
to lead a girl to the altar → conducir a una chica al altar

B. CPD altar boy N → acólito m, monaguillo m
altar cloth N → sabanilla f, paño m de altar
altar rail N → comulgatorio m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

altar

[ˈɔːltə^r] n

[church] → autel m altar boy, altar cloth, altar rail, altar stone, altar table

(fig) → autel m
to be sacrificed on the altar of sth → être immolé(e) sur l'autel de qchaltar boy n → enfant m de chœuraltar cloth n → nappe f d'autel

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

altar

n → Altar m; to lead somebody to the altar → jdn zum Altar führen; she was left standing at the altar → sie wurde in letzter Minute sitzen gelassen (inf); to be sacrificed on the altar of pride etc → auf dem Altar des Stolzes etc geopfert werden

altar

altar boy

n → Ministrant m

altar cloth

n → Altartuch nt, → Altardecke f

altarpiece

n → Altarbild nt

altar rail

n, altar rails

pl → Kommunionbank f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

altar

[ˈɒltəʳ] n → altare m
high altar → altar maggiore

altar

(ˈoːltə) noun

1. in some Christian churches the table on which the bread and wine are consecrated during the celebration of communion. The bride and groom stood before the priest at the altar.

2. a table etc on which offerings are made to a god.

altar

→ مَذْبَحُ الكَنِيسَةِ oltář alter Altar βωμός altar alttari autel oltar altare 祭壇 제단 altaar alter ołtarz altar алтарь altare แท่นบูชา sunak bàn thờ 祭坛

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