altar cloth

American  

noun

1. a cloth covering for an altar.

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altar cloth British  

noun

1. Christianity the cloth used for covering an altar: often applied also to the frontal

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Etymology

Origin of altar cloth

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200

Example Sentences

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

An altar cloth with embroidered pictures of Mary and Jesus was strewn with pieces of paint from the ceiling.

From Reuters

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

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 Literature

Ugwu did not pay close attention to who was there, though, because, as he stared at the shabby white altar cloth, he imagined that he was getting married.

From Literature