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noun
an altar on which the Eucharist may be celebrated from either the liturgical east or the liturgical west side.
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How to use double altar in a sentence

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

    Zuleika Dobson|Max Beerbohm

  • He was also to paint a double altar-piece for St. Agostino, and was to design a frame for it which Tomaso was to carry out.

    Great Masters in Painting: Perugino|George C. Williamson
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