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Recent Examples of altar
Indigenous communities use them as spiritual altars.
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
Josie bought flowers to decorate her church altar.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
It is celebrated entirely in Latin, with the priest facing the altar and the faithful receiving communion on the tongue while kneeling.
—Anna Matranga, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
The wedding processional is the beginning of a wedding ceremony when the couple, family, members of the wedding party, and the officiant head down the aisle and take their positions either in their seats or at the altar.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
Josie bought flowers to decorate her church altar.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
It is celebrated entirely in Latin, with the priest facing the altar and the faithful receiving communion on the tongue while kneeling.
—Anna Matranga, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
The wedding processional is the beginning of a wedding ceremony when the couple, family, members of the wedding party, and the officiant head down the aisle and take their positions either in their seats or at the altar.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altar
pulpit
Noun
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The pulpit where sermons were preached looked like an abstract disaster.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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With her latest, Pearce puts forth a perspective of grace and faith, offering a rebuttal to shame, guilt, and judgmental messages that can too often flow from church pulpits and critical people.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Altar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altar. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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