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noun
Idiom1.
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.
Ecclesiastical. communion table.
3.
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Ara.
4.
(in a dry dock) a ledge for supporting the feet of shorings.
5.
lead to the altar, to marry: After a five-year courtship, he led her to the altar.
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Altars
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English alter, altar (influenced by L), auter (< Old French aut(i)er), Old English alter (OE also altar; compare Middle Dutch outaer, Old Saxon, Old Norse altari, Old High German altāri) < Latin altāria (plural), of disputed origin and formation, but probably akin to Latin adolēre to ritually burn, Umbrian uřetu let it burn
before 1000; Middle English alter, altar (influenced by L), auter (< Old French aut(i)er), Old English alter (OE also altar; compare Middle Dutch outaer, Old Saxon, Old Norse altari, Old High German altāri) < Latin altāria (plural), of disputed origin and formation, but probably akin to Latin adolēre to ritually burn, Umbrian uřetu let it burn
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Word Origin & History
altar
O.E., from L. altare (pl. altaria), probably originally meaning "burnt offerings" (cf. L. adolere "to worship, to offer sacrifice, to honor by burning sacrifices to"), but infl. by L. altus "high."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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