A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites. / (informal) A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.

plural of altar

(philosophy) Otherness exalted as if a religious concept.

plural of altarer

A member of a monastic community responsible for providing food and drink; cellarer.

Furnished with an altar.

The main altar in a church, situated on the main axis at the east of the chancel or choir.

A boy serving as an acolyte in certain forms of Christianity. / A young man adhering to traditional values.

(architecture, Christianity) A partition, often richly decorated, separating the nave from the chancel in a church; a rood screen.

(Roman Catholicism) A bell rung at significant times during the Mass.