altar

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 Bob Dylan and Ray Charles gifted flowers for the altar as well. Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 12 Sep. 2025 Under the altar is a stone made from a blend of earth, stone and sand from the island, cast with water brought from a Cuban refugee raft. Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025 When mourners gathered in a Southern California church for Barbara Keating’s November 2001 memorial service, an urn was placed at the altar. Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025 His Jiwa tribute shelf reinterprets rattan—a humble, sustainable and abundant material—as a spiritual altar-like form. Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for altar
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pulpit
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  • Hillsides and fields that were once mosaics of blue phlox, wood poppies and Jack-in-the-pulpits have become swaths of monochrome yellow.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2025
  • All of whom flock to Monsignor Wicks, drawn by his sophistry and fearsome bully-pulpit magnetism.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Altar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altar. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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