alter.
altar, a table or a platform for making sacrifices.
Meaning & usage
altar, a table or a platform for making sacrifices.
altar, the ritual space of a Christian church.
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Late Latin altare (“altar”). Cognate with English altar and German Altar.
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