altar
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An elevated table, slab, or structure, often of stone, rectangular or round, for religious rites, sacrifices, or offerings. 2. The Communion table in certain churches. Photo from Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, New Jersey, 2019. (Harris, 1977)
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- apsidal plan
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- apside
- altar cloth
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- awter
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- chancel
- reredos
- sanctuary
- baldachin
- rood
- predella
- ciborium
- iconostasis
- chantry
- retable
- orientation
- Lady chapel
- presbytery
- credence
- feretory
- frontal
- altarpiece
- thymele
- antependium
- baldaquin
- altar rail
- epistle side
- sepulchre
- communion table
- baldacchino
- crepido
- dossal
- high altar
- ceilure
- table stone
- rood altar
- altar frontal
- baldachino
- dossel
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- high tomb
- lichaven
- north porch
- south porch
- prayer cross
- pertica
- dorsel
- retablo
- north aisle
- south aisle
- altar board
- altar desk
- altar front
- altar step
- altar stone
- altar table
- pontifical altar
- aumerie
- altar mound
- decani side
- assidua
- gradin
- bomon
- penetrale
- afhus
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