A consecrated stone that forms all or part of the mensa of an altar.

Alternative form of altar cloth

Alternative form of altar stone

plural of altar-stone

A mythical aquatic creature (cryptid) supposed to inhabit the Altamaha River and connected streams and marshes in Georgia in the United States (either considered one specific creature, or a species).

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.

plural of altar of repose