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high altar
noun
- the principal altar of a church
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However, historical evidence indicates that only the coffins of Alfred and Edward were at the site of the high altar.
On the north side is part of a fourteenth-century reredos, probably that which stood behind the high altar.
He turned toward the high altar; the gleaming window above seemed a doorway into heaven.
Mass being ended, the heralds, standing at the high altar, proclaimed the titles of the late Empress.
The high altar which occupies the southern end is, in its way, something very fine.
The high altar is very choice and beautiful; and the contiguous decorations are profuse and exquisite.
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