high altar

noun

1. the principal altar of a church

Example Sentences

However, historical evidence indicates that only the coffins of Alfred and Edward were at the site of the high altar.

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On the north side is part of a fourteenth-century reredos, probably that which stood behind the high altar.

From Project Gutenberg

He turned toward the high altar; the gleaming window above seemed a doorway into heaven.

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Mass being ended, the heralds, standing at the high altar, proclaimed the titles of the late Empress.

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The high altar which occupies the southern end is, in its way, something very fine.

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The high altar is very choice and beautiful; and the contiguous decorations are profuse and exquisite.

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