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altar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑl.tɚ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈɔl.tɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɔːl.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɒl.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɔl.tə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈɔl.təɾ/ (Scotland)
  • ôl′tər
  • /ˈoːl.tə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English auter, inherited from Old English altar and borrowed from Old French auter, both derived from Latin altāre, probably related to adolere (“burn”); thus "burning place", influenced by altus (“high”). Displaced native Middle English wēved.

Meanings

  1. A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
    • To hawke, or els to hunt From the auter to the funt, Wyth cry unreverent, Before the sacrament, Wythin the holy church bowndis, That of our fayth the grownd is. c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 9–14:
    • Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 228:
  2. (informal) A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.
  3. (figuratively) Any (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to.
    • […]now marking the end of ascetic rationalism, the monadology no longer implied a sacrifice of individuality on the altar of rationality. 2000, Alain Renaut, M. B. De Bevoise, “Hegel and Nietzsche”, in Era of the Individual: A Contribution to a History of Subjectivity, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 129, lines 19–25:

Forms

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Deriveds

altared · altarpiece · altar card · altar wine · altar bell · altarlike · lead someone to the altar · altar-cloth · leave someone at the altar · altar tomb · altar of repose · altarage · altar guild · altarwise · altar server · altarware · altarless · altar carpet · superaltar · altar screen · altarlet · altarist · high altar · Lady altar · altar girl · altarward · altar cloth · altar boy · altar stone · altar call · altar society · altar poem · altar bread · altar-stone

Descendants

alta · āta

Translations (158)

br aoter (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · my ယဇ် ပလ္လင် (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · be алта́р (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · az qurbangah (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · si පූජාසනය (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · pl ołtarz (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · aii ܡܲܕ݂ܒܚܵܐ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · vi bàn thờ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ga altóir (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · eo altaro (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · hy սեղան (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · kmr mezheb (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · mt artal (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · la altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · lo ຮ້ານບູຊາ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ru же́ртвенник (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · tl altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · pa ਬੇਦੀ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · grc θυσιαστήριον (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · srn altari (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · he מִזְבֵּחַ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · lb Altor (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · sv altare (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ar مَذْبَح (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · km បុចនីយដ្ឋាន (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · syc ܡܕܒܚܐ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · fi alttari (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · mn тахилын ширээ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · lmo altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · sh олтар (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · mk жртвеник (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · non stalli (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · nn altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · km អាសន (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · nb alter (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · la altāre (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · dlm altur (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · kk алтарь (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · cy allor (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ka სამსხვერპლო (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · mi tūāhu (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · aii ܩܲܢܟܹܐ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · io altaro (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · clt tluophie (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · gd altair (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · cmn 聖壇 /圣坛 (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · aii ܬܪܘܿܢܘܿܣ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ar مِحْرَاب (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · bo མཆོད་ཤོམས (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · tr sunak (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · da alter (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · tr mihrap (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · oc autar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · el Αγία Τράπεζα (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · az mehrab (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · fa مذبح (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · mi āta (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · cs oltář (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · syc ܥܠܬܐ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · sk oltár (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · cim altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ka საკურთხეველი (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · uz mehrob (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · bo མཆོད་སྟེགས (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · osx altari (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · sw madhabahu (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · grc βωμός (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · he בָּמָה (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ko 제단 (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · uk вівта́р (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · sh žrtvenik (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ur قربان گاہ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · nrf autel (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · lt aukuras (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · bg олта́р (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · te బలిపీఠము (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ml മദ്ബഹാ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · sh жртвеник (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · tl dambana (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · th แท่นบูชา (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · tg меҳроб (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ms mazbah (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · chk antare (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · is altari (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · mr वेदी (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ro altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · kn ಬಲಿಪೀಠ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ru алта́рь (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · fr autel (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ee vɔsamlekpui (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · sh oltar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ar هَيْكَل (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · roa-opt altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · fo altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · es altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · lv altāris (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · syc ܬܪܘܢܘܣ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · bn পূজাবেদি (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · lt altorius (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · el θυσιαστήριο (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · el βωμός (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · id mezbah (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · gl altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · sq altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ms mezbah (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · sq therore (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · la ara (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · hy խորան (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · nn alter (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ne वेदी (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · es ara (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · non altari (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · id altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · sq ilter (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ta பலிபீடம் (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ang wēofod (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · gu યજ્ઞવેદી (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · eu aldare (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · tmr מַדְבְּחָא (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · sl oltar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · kk мехраб (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · hi वेदी (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · et altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · fy alter (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · gv altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · egy x-xA-A-w-t:-R1 (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · hy բագին (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · de Altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ky алтарь (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · tg мазбаҳ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · lo ຫີ້ງບູຊາ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ml അൾത്താര (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · mk олтар (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · kn ಯಜ್ಞವೇದಿಕೆ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · hit 𒅖𒋫𒈾𒈾𒀸 (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ca altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · cbk altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · pt altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · sw altare (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · kmr text (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · bn বেদি (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · kmr sexan (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · it altare (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · nl altaar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · uga 𐎎𐎄𐎁𐎈 (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · az səcdəgah (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · xal мандл (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · af altaar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · am መሠውያ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · cmn 祭壇 /祭坛 (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · hu oltár (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · uz altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · pa ਪੀਠ (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · rsk олтар (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · got 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · ja 祭壇 (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · bth panggoo bisadis (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · fa محراب (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)