high altar

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high altar

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The main altar in a church, situated on the main axis at the east of the chancel or choir. In the same year as the Furness objection, sadder tidings befell St Pancras Priory at Lewes, in East Sussex. Despite it having the distinction of being the earliest Cluniac monastery in Great Britain, petitions to prevent the Brighton Lewes & Hastings Railway from imposing on its site with its Lewes

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noun main altar in a church

中文	主祭台 zhǔjìtái
Português	altar-mor
Français	maître-autel
Deutsch	Hochaltar
Ελληνικά	Αγία Τράπεζα Agía Trápeza

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@misc{high_altar_2026,
  title = {high altar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/high%20altar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}