altar cloth

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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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How to use altar cloth in a sentence

Ramona had covered the box with white cloth, and the lace altar-cloth thrown over it fell in folds to the floor.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
After a few seconds Ramona rose, went into the house, brought out the white altar-cloth, and laid it over the mutilated face.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
In the church is an altar-cloth, now rarely used, worked by two maiden ladies more than two centuries since.
The Cornwall Coast|Arthur L. Salmon
The kneeling piece, which projects from under the folds of the altar-cloth, is of dark wood highly polished.
The Saxons|Edwin Davies Schoonmaker

There are workshops fitted up with lathes, and a small chapel with an altar cloth, covered with skulls and cross-bones.
Recollections of a Long Life|John Stoughton

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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