holy table
Example Sentences
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Then the three knights took up the holy table and the Sangreal and went into the city; and there, in a chapel, they buried Sir Percival’s sister right solemnly.
From The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Sir James Knowles
The enclosure of the holy table, made by the altar rails.
From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous
The thought of arraying myself in this dress to approach the holy table frightened and revolted me as much as if I had been sentenced to drape myself in a winding-sheet.
From The Count's Millions by Émile Gaboriau
The iconostasis has three doors in it; one in the centre, before the holy table, and one on each side.
From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Robert Curzon
Mr. Silk, clad in white surplice and nervously turning the pages of the Office by the holy table, faced about also.
From Lady Good-for-Nothing by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
