altar

  • 31Altar — 1. Die des Altars pflegen, geniessen des Altars. – 1 Kor. 9, 13; Schulze, 263. Holl.: Die het altaar bedient, leeft ervan. (Harrebomée, I, 13.) Lat.: Qui altari deserviunt, cum altari participant. 2. Ein Altar ist ohne Gecken wie ein Blinder ohne …

    Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

  • 32altar — /awl teuhr/, n. 1. an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc. 2. Eccles. See communion table. 3. (cap.) Astron. the constellation Ara …

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  • 33altar — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, main ▪ makeshift, portable ▪ sacrificial VERB + ALTAR ▪ approach …

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  • 34Altar — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Altar (homonymie). Altar Vue de l Altar. Géographie …

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  • 35altar — Synonyms and related words: Communion table, altar carpet, altar desk, altar facing, altar of prothesis, altar rail, altar side, altar slab, altar stair, altar stone, altarpiece, ancona, bomos, chancel table, credence, eschara, frontal, gradin,… …

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  • 36altar — In the OT, a place of sacrifice near which animals were slaughtered and on which oblations of corn, wine, and incense were burnt and offered, in the open air. The ‘high places’ (cf. e.g. 2 Kgs. 23:5) were shrines with a natural kind of altar.… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 37altar — s m 1 Lugar elevado destinado a la celebración de oficios o sacrificios a una divinidad: el altar de Huitzilopochtli, Dejaron sus ofrendas sobre el altar 2 (Relig) Entre los católicos, mesa o plancha, generalmente de mármol, sobre la que se… …

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  • 38Altar —    The Holy Table, of wood or stone, on which the Sacrament of the Lord s Body and Blood is offered to God as a Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving. Altar and Table are used interchangeably in Holy Scripture, and both words are used in the… …

    American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • 39Altar — Al·ta̲r der; (e)s, Al·tä·re; 1 eine Art Tisch (aus Holz oder Stein) in christlichen Kirchen, auf dem die Hostien und der Wein für das Sakrament des Abendmahls vorbereitet werden <ein geschnitzter Altar; an den, vor den, zum Altar treten> || …

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  • 40altar — {{#}}{{LM A01889}}{{〓}} {{SynA01931}} {{[}}altar{{]}} ‹al·tar› {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} {{♂}}En el cristianismo,{{♀}} mesa consagrada en la que el sacerdote celebra la misa. {{<}}2{{>}} Conjunto formado por esta mesa, la base en la que está y …

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