double altar

American  

noun

1. an altar on which the Eucharist may be celebrated from either the liturgical east or the liturgical west side.

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Example Sentences

And after them there followed an altar of six cubits in height, a double altar, covered all over with ivy-leaves gilded, having a crown of vine-leaves on it all gold, enveloped in bandages with white centres.

From Project Gutenberg

And impulsively she abased herself, kneeling at his feet as at the great double altar of some dark new faith.

From Project Gutenberg