altar cloth

noun

1. a cloth covering for an altar.

altar cloth

noun

1. Christianity the cloth used for covering an altar: often applied also to the frontal

Word History and Origins

Origin of altar cloth¹

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200

Example Sentences

Ramona had covered the box with white cloth, and the lace altar-cloth thrown over it fell in folds to the floor.

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After a few seconds Ramona rose, went into the house, brought out the white altar-cloth, and laid it over the mutilated face.

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In the church is an altar-cloth, now rarely used, worked by two maiden ladies more than two centuries since.

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The kneeling piece, which projects from under the folds of the altar-cloth, is of dark wood highly polished.

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There are workshops fitted up with lathes, and a small chapel with an altar cloth, covered with skulls and cross-bones.

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