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altar-stone

altar-stone is the alternative form of altar stone.

Meaning of altar stone

Noun

altar stone (plural altar stones)

  1. A consecrated stone that forms all or part of the mensa of an altar.
    • Some churches also have an altar stone, a separate stone set into the mensa containing a relic of a saint, although this is becoming extremely rare.1993, B. Don Taylor, The Complete Training Course for Altar Guilds, page 32

Forms of altar-stone

pluralaltar-stones

Questions about altar-stone

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

Words near altar-stone in the dictionary

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

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