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altar stone

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altar stone

–noun
mensa.
Also called altar slab.


Origin:
1275–1325; ME awterston

men⋅sa

[men-suh]
–noun, plural -sas, -sae [-see] for 1, genitive -sae for 2.
1. Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
2. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the Table, a southern constellation near Octans.

Origin:
1685–95; < L mēnsa table
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