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Definition: High Altar |
High AltarNoun1. The main altar in a church. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: High Altar |
| English words defined with "high altar": Ciborium ♦ Dominical altar ♦ Haikal ♦ Mothering ♦ Retrochoir. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "high altar": Excess ♦ Urijah ♦ Yvetot. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "high altar": Altitude. (references) |
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 | Celebrates military Mass at the high altar of the Candaleria Cathedral, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while Franklin D. Roosevelt was visiting that city during her shakedown cruise, February 1946. Members of the ship's crew are assisting Commander O'Callahan. Note Marines at left, one holding an M1 Rifle. Photograph was released for publication on 18 March 1946.Credit: NAVY. |  | National Cathedral interiors. High altar in National Cathedral, straight-on, horizontal II.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | National Cathedral interiors. High altar in National Cathedral, straight-on, horizontal I.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | National Cathedral interiors. High altar in National Cathedral, straight-on, horizontal III.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was a sort of worship with two steps, the high altar for the colonel, the low one for Thenardier. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The candles on the high altar had been extinguished but the fragrance of incense still floated down the dim nave. |
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| Language | Translations for "high altar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مذبح خطير. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | maître-autel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | főoltár. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ard-altyr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ighhay altaray altar mayor. (various references) högaltare. (various references) b n thờ chính. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | altare, altari, altaria, altaribus, altarii, altario, altaris, altarium. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-h-h-i-l-r-t" | |
-2 letters: alright, gharial. | |
-3 letters: alight, argali, aright, atrial, hartal, hiatal, lariat, latria. | |
-4 letters: aargh, agria, airth, altar, argal, argil, arhat, artal, atria, galah, garth, girth, glair, graal, grail, grith, hight, hilar, laari, lahar, laigh, laith, lathi, light, ratal, riata, right, taiga, talar, thigh, thirl, tiara, tragi, trail, trial. | |
-5 letters: agar, agha, airt, alar, alga, alit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-h-h-i-l-r-t" | |
+5 letters: earthshakingly, ethnographical, orthographical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 69 67 68 41 6C 74 61 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101001 01100111 01101000 00100000 01000001 01101100 01110100 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H i g h   A l t a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0069 0067 0068 0041 006C 0074 0061 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4275737423578866784 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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