high altar
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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As a viewer marches down the nave toward the high altar, the apostles also come into view, on a trompe l’oeil ledge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
King Henry III commissioned the intricate mosaic of marble, stone, glass and metal, located in front of the abbey’s high altar, in the 1200s.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
It was found months later, 500 miles away, at the high altar of Arbroath Abbey.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2022
In its place now, in the high altar of the oratory, hangs a copy commissioned in 2009 and painted from photographs of the original, a plucky facsimile that looks nothing like an authentic Caravaggio.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2020
Upon the high altar stood a golden monstrance in the shape of a sunburst, at the center of which—exposed through a tiny window— was the round wafer of bread.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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