as in pulpits
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 altars
Small altars are often created, decorated with yellow marigolds, photographs, small gifts and favorite foods and drinks of those being honored, especially sugar skulls.
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
However, offerings like these were usually made to painted or sculpted deities, not to fire altars.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
The altars are laden with baked goods, fruit and flowers.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
Families, villages, and churches came together in gratitude, building altars laden with food in his honor.
—Cindy Salvato, Saveur, 19 Mar. 2025
The church houses one of the earliest organs in Europe as well as one of its most remarkable altars.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Paying a visit to church altars, for instance, gives you an extra healing flask, which proves incredibly useful.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
The rest of the land includes campus facilities such as dormitories, dining halls, conference centers for Buddhist study and several religious altars used for prayer.
—Lauren Costantino and, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Other altars for the victims have been set up nationwide.
—Afp, Fortune Asia, 2 Jan. 2025
Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
However, offerings like these were usually made to painted or sculpted deities, not to fire altars.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
The altars are laden with baked goods, fruit and flowers.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
Families, villages, and churches came together in gratitude, building altars laden with food in his honor.
—Cindy Salvato, Saveur, 19 Mar. 2025
The church houses one of the earliest organs in Europe as well as one of its most remarkable altars.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Paying a visit to church altars, for instance, gives you an extra healing flask, which proves incredibly useful.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
The rest of the land includes campus facilities such as dormitories, dining halls, conference centers for Buddhist study and several religious altars used for prayer.
—Lauren Costantino and, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Other altars for the victims have been set up nationwide.
—Afp, Fortune Asia, 2 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for altars
pulpits
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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
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Among that past ministry work was that of City of Refuge, a program administered by FBC Woodstock for pastors who vacated their pulpits due to burn out or disciplinary reasons.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Altars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altars. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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