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altar

noun

Definition of 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 Its contemporary format impresses, firstly, as an altar to capital. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026 Ultimately, the pair didn’t make it to the altar, but Taylor’s 66 love letters to her first flame were auctioned off upon her passing in 2011. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 Aug. 2026 The congregation is separated from the cloistered Sisters by the grill and the altar where the priest presides. — Kelly Wilkinson, IndyStar, 27 Aug. 2026 Martinelli would not be the first to be sacrificed on the altar of progress. — James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for altar

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pulpit

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This is a moment to celebrate a revolution that got televised, an opus of sound and fury that sparked difficult conversations from Bible study to the Barbershop, from the pole to the pulpit.

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
The first and second floors feature large assembly halls with rows of pulpits on different levels, representing a hierarchy of the priesthood just emerging in early Mormon practice.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

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