altar cloth
Americannoun
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altar cloths
plural
noun
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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
John moved forward, hearing his feet crack against the sagging wood, to where the golden cross on the red field of the altar cloth glowed like smothered fire, and switched on one weak fight.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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