altar cloth

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, altar rail, altar server, 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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