sacrificial altar
Sacred slaughter stone
A sacrificial altar is a structure—typically stone or raised platform—where offerings are made to a deity or supernatural power.
Historically, these offerings included animals or, in some cultures, humans.
The term appears in religious and historical contexts: The priests prepared the sacrificial altar for the ceremony.
Figuratively, something placed on the sacrificial altar is given up for a greater cause.
- immolationSacrificial killing, often burning
- offeringSomething presented or given
- votive offeringGift given after prayer answered
- high priestChief temple officiant
- priestOne who performs sacraments
atonement · oblation · slaughter · hecatomb · bloodletting · temple · holy ground · propitiatory · sacred flame · fire · consecration · ritual · ancient rites · smoke · lustration · shrine · libation · deity
- altarscommunion table, ofrenda
- ancestral shrinesancestral hall, memorial tablet, incense burner, ancestors
- Death Sitesmorgue, gallows, gas chamber, execution chamber, electric chair
- Vedic geometrybrick patterns
- ancient artifactsjade mask, Viking sword, bronze sculptures, antiquities, Roman coin
- sacred placestemple complex, basilica, abbey, church, chapel
sacrificial altardining table
Furniture for seated meals
banquet table · kitchen counter · hearth · bread basket · feeding trough
sacrificial altarcommon ground
Points of agreement
marketplace · town square · public toilet · garbage dump · factory floor
sacrificial altardelivery room
Hospital room for childbirth
cradle · nursery · baptismal font · womb · incubator