Толковый словарь английского языка - altar
Altar
altar
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English alter, from Old English ~, from Latin ~e; probably akin to Latin adolēre to burn up Date: before 12th century a usually raised structure or place on which sacrifices are offered or incense is burned in worship, a table on which the eucharistic elements are consecrated or which serves as a center of worship or ritual
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n. 1 a table or flat-topped block, often of stone, for sacrifice or offering to a deity. 2 a Communion-table. Phrases and idioms altar boy a boy who serves as a priest's assistant in a service. lead to the altar marry (a woman). Etymology: OE altar -er, Gmc adoption of LL altar, altarium f. L altaria (pl.) burnt offerings, altar, prob. rel. to adolere burn in sacrifice ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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