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Meaning altar meaning

What does altar mean?

altar

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made the table in Christian churches where communion is given

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Simple sentences

The recent scandals involving altar boys and religious leaders have undermined the faith people have in the Church.
The groom left the bride standing at the altar.
She saw a boy kneeling by the altar.
She saw a boy kneeling before the altar.
This girl I wouldn't take to the altar, at best to the hotel.
You promise me you won't leave me before the altar?
The bride highly resented being dumped at the altar.
Blood poured out at the foot of the altar of burnt offerings of the earthly sanctuary was a prototype of those who gave their lives for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Movie subtitles

I just dreamed about him standing there, waiting for me at the altar.
His church, the sky -- his altar, the landskape.
Many women, for instance, confess that - transformed into cats - they soiled the altar during the night, while two devils in the shape of animals stood guard at the church door.
Come to the altar of Anubis, the guide of the dead.
Have you never heard that one of royal blood may send his sword to the altar in his stead?
Like a bear, to slaughter calfs on the altar.
This time next week. I shall be a slightly sunburnt offering on an altar in Hanover Square.
And when I'm dead on the altar of my country, I hope your conscience irks you.
And our hearts go out in sympathy for the two families who share the cruel loss of a young girl who was married at this altar only two weeks ago.
Brother Expert, lead the candidate to the altar.
You'll cut flowers for the altar.
It was destroyed by fire. Some of the men were injured when we tried to save the altar pieces.
On the contrary, I think they suggest a. a ceremonial altar, which you can heap with the foods for our sacrificial feast.
He belongs up at the altar.
I had to kneel before the altar and promise Mother I would always keep a flame burning before it.
No, Ching, I promised I'd meet her at the altar at the stroke of 12:00.
Then off he goes on an around-the-world cruise. ending up at the altar. spliced to an eight-figure fortune.
You both meet before the altar - and then you just kneel down.
This time next week, I shall be a slightly sunburnt offering on an altar.
He'll talk to you if he has to talk at the altar.
The beast may try to rob the altar.
BOY 1: Yeah, making altar boys out of us.
I'll beat you to the altar yet. - What happened? - We have met the Squire and he's ours.
But you think I'm ashamed to go to the altar in this state.
She was beautiful. He worshipped her as at an ancient altar.
Elevator, kiss, boom, rush to the altar.
Yeah, making altar boys out of us.
It's funny having almost our first fight on the way to the altar.
I'm sure you expected velvet drapes and heathen idols. an altar for human sacrifice at least.
In the choir, the priest celebrated Holy Mass at the altar.
The Virgin Mary with the Christ child once stood on a Catholic side altar.
I'll build an altar to every word.
The light was dim, sir, but I could see someone who was kneeling against the altar rail.
Otto Keller has testified to this court that he followed you and that he found you kneeling before the altar in great distress.

News and current affairs

The proper economic policy was to teach people to venerate the throne (so that they would respect property), the paternal hearth (so that they would not marry imprudently young), and the religious altar (so that they would fear pre-marital sex).
Only the Federal Reserve can do that - and the Federal Reserve is very unlikely to sacrifice the jobs of American workers on the altar of the strong dollar.
Too much has already been sacrificed on the altar of GDP fetishism.
Should we imprison mothers because they are willingly sacrifice their daughters' physical integrity on the altar of tradition?
Perhaps on the level of public relations, the Palestinian leadership - sacrificing their own people on the altar of propaganda - can bask in their achievement: yet it is their own people who suffer.
They worship at the same altar, apostles of the same murderous god, whoever he is.
There is justice in this, particularly given the hypocrisy of those countries who proclaim their faith in free trade while every day praying at the altar of protectionism.
But we must refuse to bow before the altar of tolerance when it comes to what is truly unacceptable, wherever it occurs, and this is what the world is witnessing passively in Afghanistan.
But their visit to Russia's largest church was not in vain - footage of five women, dressed in glowing dresses and balaclavas while jumping in front of the altar, circulated widely on the Internet.
When I told the group that I had begun my career as a magazine fact-checker, several of them grew misty-eyed, as if someone had told a group of priests about his childhood as an altar boy.

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