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altar cloth
noun
- a cloth covering for an altar.
altar cloth
noun
- Christianity the cloth used for covering an altar: often applied also to the frontal
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Word History and Origins
Origin of altar cloth1
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200
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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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