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
King Henry III commissioned the intricate mosaic of marble, stone, glass and metal, located in front of the abbey’s high altar, in the 1200s.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023
On September 14, 2001, speaking from the high altar of the National Cathedral, in Washington, D.C.,
From The New Yorker • Dec. 12, 2019
In the pearl he saw Juana and Coyotito and himself standing and kneeling at the high altar, and they were being married now that they could pay.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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