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   altar

   /ˈɔːltə/

   noun

   • 1. the table in a Christian church at which the bread and wine are consecrated in communion services: "the huge jewelled tabernacle above the altar was executed by Jacopo da Trezzo"
   • ▪ a table or flat-topped block used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a deity: "the altar is a crisply hewn block of granite"

   Word Origin Old Englishaltar, alter, based on late Latin altar, altarium, from Latin altus ‘high’.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   • L

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   • T

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   • A

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