An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines...

The Pergamon Altar (Ancient Greek: Βωμός τῆς Περγάμου) was a monumental construction built during the reign of the Ancient Greek King Eumenes II in the...

An altar server is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy. An altar server attends to supporting tasks at the altar such...

A side-altar or bye-altar is an altar that is subordinate to the central or high altar in a church. The term is generally applied to altars that are situated...

Altar cards are three cards placed on the altar during the Tridentine Mass. They contain certain prayers that the priest must say during the Mass, and...

Jerusalem, only two altars are mentioned: the Altar of Burnt Offering and the Altar of Incense. The first altar was the Altar of Burnt Offering (mizbeach...

The Altar is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Banks, released on September 30, 2016, by Harvest Records. Banks collaborated with...

up Altar or altar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An altar is a religious structure for sacrifices or offerings. Altar may also refer to: Altar (album)...

double altar in Roman Catholicism is an altar that has a double front. It is constructed in this way so that Mass may be celebrated on both sides of it at...

The altar in the Catholic Church is used for celebrating the Sacrifice of the Mass. The altar, typically centrally located in the sanctuary, is to be...

The altar rail (also known as a communion rail or chancel rail) is a low barrier, sometimes ornate and usually made of stone, wood or metal in some combination...

Altar (also known as The Haunting of Radcliffe House) is a 2014 British horror thriller film directed by Nick Willing from his original screenplay. It...

Altar Boys were a Christian punk band from California formed in 1982. The original members were Mike Stand (vocals, songwriting and guitar), Jeff Crandall...

Altar (O'odham: Wawuk) is small city and municipal seat of Altar Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located in the northwest region of...

Pagan Altar is an English doom metal band formed by Terry Jones and his son Alan in 1978 in the borough of Brockley in London. Alongside Witchfinder General...

supplicants gather at the altar located at the front of the church building. Most altar calls occur at the end of an evangelical address. Altar calls are a recent...

The Altar of Victory (Latin: Ara Victoriae) was located in the Roman Senate House (the Curia) and bore a gold statue of the goddess Victory. The altar was...

An altar society or altar guild is a group of laypersons in a parish church who maintain the ceremonial objects used in worship. Traditionally, membership...

(Sanskrit: वेदी, romanized: Vedī, lit. 'altar') is the sacrificial altar in the Vedic religion. Such altars were an elevated outdoor enclosure, generally...

St. Mary's Altar (Ołtarz Mariacki), is a large Gothic altarpiece and a national treasure of Poland. It is located behind the high altar of St. Mary's...

Dark Moon: The Blood Altar (Korean: DARK MOON: 달의 제단; RR: Dakeu Mun: Dalui Jedan) is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated...

An altar crucifix or altar cross is a cross placed upon an altar, and is often the principal ornament of the altar. Early Christians were wary of publicly...

Altar of the Chians was the altar of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, dedicated by the people of Chios. The Altar of the Chians was the main altar of the...

bishop around a church altar. In older English sources it is also called The Altar. El Altar consists of a large stratovolcano of Pliocene-Pleistocene age...

Meet Me at the Altar (stylized as Meet Me @ the Altar) is an American pop-punk band formed in 2015. Initially, the three members—all of whom lived in different...

Race to the Altar is an American reality television series hosted by Lisa Dergan. The series premiered July 30, 2003, on NBC. The show found 8 engaged...

The Aachen Altar (de: Aachener Altar) or Passion Altar (Passionsaltar) is a late gothic passion triptych in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury, made by the...

Altar is a municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora in north-western Mexico. The municipality had a 2010 census population of 9,049 inhabitants, the...

is an work of art in painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian...

for the purpose of worshiping the God and Goddess, casting spells, and/or saying chants and prayers. There are many types of altars Wiccans may choose...