plural of altar-stone

(finance) collective investment scheme investing in all asset classes and a wide range of financial instruments

A city in San Mateo County, California, United States.

(law) a legal doctrine that allows a plaintiff to shift the burden of proving causation of her injury to multiple defendants, even though only one of them could have been responsible

A census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States.

The Altaic language family, as distinguished from Macro-Altaic.

A proposed language family that would extend Altaic to include Korean, Jeju, Japanese, and the Ryukyuan languages.

plural of altar server

(Christianity) A layperson, often a child or adolescent, who assists a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy, attending to supporting tasks at the altar.

(Christianity) An altar where the communion hosts consecrated on Maundy Thursday during the Mass of the Lord's Supper are placed, or "reserved", for use on Good Friday.