Synonyms of 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.

Related Words

• pulpit
• balcony
• platform
• podium
• bimah
• riser
• stand
• scaffold
• footpace
• dais
• stage
• rostrum
• tribune
• gallery

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of altar

The bell, sans artist, continues to mark the passage of time, ringing every hour over the pavilion and its guests, a grotesque altar to the ongoing Venetian apocalypse. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Family members take the urn home to be placed on a Buddhist altar. — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026

Father Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari was standing at the altar of Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro Church in Guayaquil on Saturday when the large wooden crucifix behind him suddenly fell forward and struck him. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

On Friday, the Vatican released the first images of Leo since his surgery, showing him in green vestments standing at an altar in the hospital chapel. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026