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noun
a cloth covering for an altar.
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Origin of altar cloth
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200
Words nearby altar cloth
altar board, altar boy, altar bread, altar call, altar card, altar cloth, altar girl, altar of repose, altarpiece, altar rail, altar stone
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British Dictionary definitions for altar cloth
altar cloth
noun
Christianity the cloth used for covering an altar: often applied also to the frontal
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