 | 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... 57 KB (7,321 words) - 18:57, 28 February 2024 |
 | 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... 24 KB (2,708 words) - 18:28, 19 February 2024 |
 | 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... 63 KB (9,260 words) - 16:27, 2 May 2024 |
in 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... 16 KB (2,175 words) - 02:01, 1 April 2024 |
 | 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... 795 bytes (93 words) - 20:10, 14 April 2024 |
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... 11 KB (248 words) - 18:40, 12 December 2023 |
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)... 1 KB (182 words) - 18:48, 4 February 2023 |
 | 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... 3 KB (328 words) - 18:20, 22 November 2023 |
The Altar is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Banks, released on September 30, 2016, by Harvest Records. Banks collaborated with... 24 KB (1,844 words) - 10:12, 6 February 2024 |
 | The altar of repose is a temporary altar where the Communion hosts consecrated on Maundy Thursday during the Mass of the Lord's Supper are placed, or "reserved"... 6 KB (659 words) - 12:30, 27 April 2024 |
An altar call is a tradition in some Christian churches in which those who wish to make a new spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ are invited to come... 6 KB (680 words) - 23:07, 15 January 2024 |
 | 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... 37 KB (5,072 words) - 08:39, 27 April 2024 |
 | El Altar or Capac Urcu (possibly from Kichwa kapak principal, great, important / magnificence, urku mountain) is an extinct volcano on the western side... 7 KB (572 words) - 06:32, 29 February 2024 |
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... 2 KB (280 words) - 21:38, 24 March 2023 |
 | 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... 6 KB (517 words) - 05:09, 3 September 2023 |
 | 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... 4 KB (529 words) - 16:25, 1 May 2024 |
Altar Boys were a Christian punk band from California formed in 1982. The original members were Mike Stand (vocals, songwriting and guitar), Jeff Crandall... 7 KB (651 words) - 08:18, 9 December 2022 |
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... 4 KB (317 words) - 13:16, 5 March 2024 |
 | 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... 14 KB (1,616 words) - 11:38, 14 February 2024 |
An altar stone is a piece of natural stone containing relics in a cavity and intended to serve as the essential part of an altar for the celebration of... 8 KB (1,201 words) - 17:58, 30 January 2024 |
 | 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... 5 KB (583 words) - 15:34, 7 January 2024 |
 | (Sanskrit: वेदी, romanized: Vedī, lit. 'altar') is the sacrificial altar in the Vedic religion. Such altars were an elevated outdoor enclosure, generally... 7 KB (755 words) - 04:57, 3 March 2024 |
 | 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... 7 KB (361 words) - 16:14, 1 May 2024 |
At the Altar is a 1909 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where early film studios in America's... 4 KB (257 words) - 19:46, 9 April 2024 |
 | Altarpiece (redirect from Altar-piece) representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art... 26 KB (3,215 words) - 04:03, 3 May 2024 |
 | The Aachen Altar (de: Aachener Altar) or Passion Altar (Passionsaltar) is a late gothic passion triptych in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury, made by the... 6 KB (809 words) - 02:00, 2 May 2024 |
A Privileged Altar (Latin: Altare Privilegiatum) was an altar in a Roman Catholic church where a plenary indulgence could be applied in favor of a soul... 3 KB (324 words) - 14:54, 27 July 2023 |
Throne and altar can refer to The ideology of Joseph de Maistre Monarchism in France Relations between the Catholic Church and the state This disambiguation... 175 bytes (56 words) - 16:05, 30 December 2019 |
 | The Altar Stone is a recumbent central megalith at Stonehenge in England, dating to Stonehenge phase 3i, around 2600 BCE. It is identified as Stone 80... 3 KB (335 words) - 17:08, 8 February 2024 |
 | A Wiccan altar is a "raised structure or place used for worship or prayer", upon which a Wicca practitioner places several symbolic and functional items... 5 KB (618 words) - 12:48, 23 March 2023 |