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altar

[awl-ter] / ˈɔl tər /
NOUN
church table, pedestal
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Researchers plan to continue investigating the Altar Stone's origins by identifying its precise source location in northeast Scotland and exploring the routes prehistoric people may have used to transport it.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Sánchez and the officers protecting him had left Hermosillo, the capital of the state of Sonora, before sunrise on June 23 and by 7 a.m. had arrived in Altar.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Jafari expects it won’t be long before she can say that a couple met at The Altar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 12, 2025

Surrounded on all sides by a continuous oppressive chorus of cicadas and the mountain ranges making up the Altar Valley, you quickly lose any sense of direction.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2024

The machine strained the technological infrastructure of Altar, which had electricity for only six hours a day.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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