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altar

noun as in church table, pedestal

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Burroughs ruled that the protection of free speech must be weighed against the “fight against antisemitism…and neither goal should nor needs to be sacrificed on the altar of the other.”

From Salon

In the UK's second season of the show, 30 hopefuls entered the pods - five couples got engaged and three said yes at the altar.

From BBC

Without anything divine to revere, American home and landscape design largely genuflects at the altar of the market.

From Salon

Soon after, Greene’s work filled nearly every room of his former Palos Verdes home: lamps, shelves, an altar, an armoire adorned with a lotus flower.

Among the most delicate aspects of the move is the protection of the church's interior treasures, especially its great altar painting made by Prince Eugen, a member of Sweden's royal family.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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