high altar
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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As a viewer marches down the nave toward the high altar, the apostles also come into view, on a trompe l’oeil ledge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
It was found months later, 500 miles away, at the high altar of Arbroath Abbey.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2022
Before disassembly, the component parts of large items like the high altar were carefully labeled, photographed and documented, so each artifact could one day be put back together like a giant, sacred jigsaw puzzle.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2021
On the high altar in the chapel of this oratory, Caravaggio’s “Nativity With St. Lawrence and St. Francis” hung for centuries.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2020
Audience members saw themselves as communicants, humble supplicants at the high altar, even while Wagner was still very much flesh and blood.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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