altar cloth
noun
a cloth covering for an altar.
altar cloths
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pluralof altar cloth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Two altar cloths of white Bruges satin, with drops like spots of blood, made of red velvet.
From Time ● May 16, 2012
Benedictine nuns specialize in making church ornaments, vestments and altar cloths.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next came an electric organ, boxes full of things like altar cloths and processional candles, and a rack bearing priestly vestments.
From Time Magazine Archive
No more cast-iron-looking altar cloths, or Syon Cope angels, or stumpy Norfolk-screen saints!
From Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by Various
We recall how, sitting between her mother and grandmother, the future Queen had broidered altar cloths.
From A Versailles Christmas-Tide by A. S. Boyd
