What is the meaning of Altar?

A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.

Any (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to.

form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by alter

altar (flat structure used for religious rites)

mass offering table

mazbah (sacrificial place)

(nautical term) a ladder on a ship's dock used to get up and down to and from the dock floor

Alternative form of altāre

altar (flat structure used for religious rites)

altar (a table used for religious rites)

stone that separates the firebox from the hearth in reverberatory furnaces

altar (a table used for religious rites)

Source: wiktionary.org

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