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altar-cloth

altar-cloth is the alternative form of altar cloth.

Meaning of altar cloth

Noun

altar cloth (plural altar cloths)

  1. A decorative cloth that is used to cover the top, front, and sides of an altar.
    • With the expansion of possibilities for altar cloths and their ability to express the given seasons, we are rightly less inclined to use extra hangings (sometimes called paraments) for festivals.1993, G. Thomas Ryan, The Sacristy Manual, page 49

Forms of altar-cloth

pluralaltar-cloths

Questions about altar-cloth

What is altar-cloth the alternative form of?
Altar-cloth is the alternative form of altar cloth.

Words near altar-cloth in the dictionary

  1. altar stones
  2. altar tomb
  3. altar tombs
  4. altar wine
  5. altar wines
  6. altar-cloth
  7. altar-cloths
  8. altar-stone
  9. altar-stones
  10. altarage
  11. altarages

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