Thesaurus results for ALTAR

altar

noun

as in pulpit

a table or place which serves as a center of worship or ritual There was a small altar at the front of the room with candles on it.

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Recent Examples of altar There is still an organ, but there is a set of drums on the altar. —

Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026 The Father of the Bride star headed to the altar again in 1952, after English actor Wilding popped the question with a megawatt sapphire surrounded by diamonds. —

Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026 That meant Hannah, her bestie, would not be joining her at the altar, but Skye was determined that both of them would share in their big day. —

Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 Mary and the Quantum Spheres is an altar to her religion of physics. —

Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for altar

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pulpit

Noun

Picture him in his threadbare suit, nervously smoking his Tecla cigarettes, his eyes obliquely devouring everything, his notes on a small table that resembles a pulpit.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
In addition to removing him from the pulpit, the archdiocese reported the allegations against Molina to the civil authorities and offered assistance to those who made the allegations against him.

— Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026