high altar
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"When she died she was buried beside the high altar in Kildare," she said.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026
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
Two of the most striking items in the warehouse are a pair of white marble angels that once flanked the high altar at the Church of All Saints, on Madison Avenue and 129th Street.
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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