footpace

Definition of footpacenext
as in altar
a raised platform (as beneath an altar) … [He] deposited his basket by the font, went up the nave …; then he knelt upon the footpace.Thomas Hardy

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Noun
  • Since glaciers didn’t flow right into Salisbury, the study speculates the stone, thought to have served as an altar, was deposited hundreds of miles east, beneath what is now the North Sea.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 4 June 2026
  • Anybody who chose this option had to walk past the altar to the front of the church, where the priest waited in a small room.
    Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • From the pulpit, Reverend Renè Brown said that all of this was on his mind.
    Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
  • But while the two overlap on some issues, City Hall and the Vatican remain very different pulpits.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
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“Footpace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpace. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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