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: a usually raised structure or place on which sacrifices are offered or incense is burned in worship —often used figuratively to describe a thing given great or undue precedence or value especially at the cost of something else <sacrificed his family life on the altar of career advancement>
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: a table on which the eucharistic elements are consecrated or which serves as a center of worship or ritual
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