altar

Example Sentences

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For the first time, no couples said “I do” on Netflix’s reality dating show, but it’s the journey to the altar that’s the most compelling part of this series.

From Los Angeles Times

Collette, who has two teenage children and lives in Sydney, discusses the altar she keeps at home, the power of birth order and the mohair sweater that nearly undid her.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its design broke with tradition, placing worshippers around a central altar.

From BBC

Christ Blessing by Quentin Massys, dating from about 1500, used to hang behind the altar in the community's chapel of Campion Hall, the Jesuit home for research and study at the University of Oxford.

From BBC

Scorsese grew up in New York’s Little Italy as a Catholic altar boy and aspiring priest who was also fascinated by the mafiosos that loomed large in his community.

From The Wall Street Journal