altar cloth
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of altar cloth
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200
Example Sentences
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We next enter a fictive chapel, with the Latin rite being celebrated by a set of crimson vestments and an altar cloth, made in Paris in 1619 and given by Louis XIII.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
An altar cloth with embroidered pictures of Mary and Jesus was strewn with pieces of paint from the ceiling.
From Reuters • Feb. 25, 2023
As he walks through Holy Trinity, he attends to the smallest details, the positioning of flowers, the folding of the altar cloth.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2020
Under a statue of the Virgin, the altar cloth is still stained with blood.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2010
Instead, she worked an altar cloth she’d promised Father David, and I added red flowers to the doily I’d made for Mami.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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