altar's
Worship platform's feature
Altar's is the possessive form of altar, a raised structure or table used for religious ceremonies, sacrifices, or offerings.
The altar's candles flickered during the service.
She admired the altar's ornate carvings.
Figuratively, people speak of sacrificing things at the altar of some cause: at the altar's foot, they laid their ambitions.
Protected sacred space
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- offeringSomething presented or given
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- templeSacred worship structure
shrine · church · tabernacle · priest · incense · candles · prayers · communion
Arrangement of interconnected parts
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
- stepsSequential actions in process
platform · canopy · baldachin · frontal · cloth · rail · screen · apse
sanctuary
Protected sacred space
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- offeringSomething presented or given
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
temple · shrine · church · tabernacle · priest · incense · candles · prayers · communion · consecration
structure
Arrangement of interconnected parts
steps · platform · canopy · baldachin · frontal · cloth · rail · screen · apse · chancel
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- offeringSomething presented or given
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
deity · grove · stone · ceremonial · druid · pyre · blood · votive · polytheistic · solstice
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
marriage · nuptials · aisle · officiant · rings · flowers · unity · kneeling · procession · chapel
- altar serverWorship ceremony assistant
- altar boysYoung liturgical assistants
- left at the altar
- wedding altarPlatform for exchanging vows
- incense altarPlatform for burning fragrant offerings
- altar callSummons to public faith