ALTAR | • altar n. A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites. • altar n. (Informal) A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary. • altar n. (Figurative) Any (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to. |
ALTARS | • altars n. Plural of altar. • ALTAR n. a raised structure used in worship. |
ALTARAGE | • altarage n. The offerings made upon the altar or to a church. • altarage n. The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes. • ALTARAGE n. offerings made upon the altar. |
ALTARAGES | • altarages n. Plural of altarage. • ALTARAGE n. offerings made upon the altar. |
ALTARWISE | • altarwise adj. Placed in the manner of an altar, against the eastern wall of the chancel with the longer side parallel to that wall. • ALTARWISE adv. in the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south. |
ALTARPIECE | • altarpiece n. A work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church. • ALTARPIECE n. a work of art that decorates the space above and behind an altar. |
ALTAZIMUTH | • altazimuth n. A telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation. • alt-azimuth n. Alternative form of altazimuth. • ALTAZIMUTH n. an instrument for measuring the altitude and azimuth of heavenly bodies. |
ALTARPIECES | • altarpieces n. Plural of altarpiece. • ALTARPIECE n. a work of art that decorates the space above and behind an altar. |
ALTAZIMUTHS | • altazimuths n. Plural of altazimuth. • alt-azimuths n. Plural of alt-azimuth. • ALTAZIMUTH n. an instrument for measuring the altitude and azimuth of heavenly bodies. |
ALTALTISSIMO | • altaltissimo n. The highest point of something. • ALTALTISSIMO n. (Italian) very very high. |
ALTALTISSIMOS | • ALTALTISSIMO n. (Italian) very very high. |