altar

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Regno Unito//ˈɒl.tə//
Regno Unito//ˈɔːl.tə//
Regno Unito//ˈɔl.tə//
Regno Unito//ˈoːl.tə//
Stati Uniti//ˈɔl.tɚ//

A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

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A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
To hawke, or els to hunt From the auter to the funt, Wyth cry unreverent, Before the sacrament, Wythin the holy church bowndis, That of our fayth the grownd is.
Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar.
2
informaleA raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.
3
figuratoAny (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to.
[…]now marking the end of ascetic rationalism, the monadology no longer implied a sacrifice of individuality on the altar of rationality.

Etimologia

Inherited from Middle English auter, inherited from Old English altar and borrowed from Old French auter, both derived from Latin altāre, probably related to adolere (“burn”); thus "burning place", influenced by altus (“high”). Displaced native Middle English wēved.

Forme

plurale: altars

already · Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or…alright · Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.also · In addition; besides; as well; further; too.

altar · A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

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Le pagine vicine — L'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.