altar stone

noun

: a stone slab with a compartment containing the relics of martyrs that forms an essential part of a Roman Catholic altar

Examples of altar stone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Once thought to have originated in Wales, like the rest of the 4,500-year-old monument’s bluestones, Stonehenge’s altar stone has recently been traced through geological fingerprinting to Scotland. —Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 5 June 2026

Previous research published in 2024 established that the altar stone most likely came from the Orcadian Basin in northeast Scotland, but didn’t determine how the slab made the nearly 435 mile journey from Scotland to Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. —News Desk, Artforum, 5 June 2026

The crystal sits on the altar stone. —Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025

Earlier this year, another scientific paper provided compelling evidence that Stonehenge’s central altar stone originally came from about 430 miles (700 kilometers) away in the north of Scotland. —Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024

What, in particular, made the altar stone special is unclear. —Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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