as in altars
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
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The altars are laden with baked goods, fruit and flowers.—
Carlie Kollath Wells,
Axios,
19 Mar. 2025
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Families, villages, and churches came together in gratitude, building altars laden with food in his honor.—
Cindy Salvato,
Saveur,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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As images of starving children in Gaza continue to circulate and the international outcry grows louder, a number of American rabbis used their pulpits to speak up about the humanitarian crisis, some with sorrow, others with moral urgency, and many with a sense that silence was no longer tenable.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Footpaces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpaces. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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