Altar

Noun

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

Adjectives for Altar
honored; glowing; conjugal; auspicious; idolatrous; brazen; impious; favored; lofty; sacrificial; venerable; dreaded; cold; smokeless; nuptial;

Verbs for Altar
accept on; adorn; attend; bow before-; burn at; cast down; consecrate; dedicate at;  desecrate;  disparage; elevate; encrust; enshrine on;  erect; hang on; inscribe on; lure to; offer  on; perform at; raise; rear; repose on; sacrifice at; stagger  to; swear by; vow at; worship before; fumes with incense; graces; rises; stands.

Thesaurus
Communion table; altar carpet; altar desk; altar facing; altar of prothesis; altar rail; altar side; altar slab; altar stair; altar stone; altarpiece; ancona; bomos; chancel table; credence; eschara; frontal; gradin; hestia; holy table; mensal; missal stand; predella; prothesis; retable; retablo; rood altar; scrobis; superaltar

Etymology
From altare:, probably related to adolere:; thus "burning place", influenced by a false connection with altus:.

Derived terms

 * altar boy
 * altar poem
 * high altar