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altar card

altar card noun: one of a set of three richly-ornamented cards, placed on the altar during a Tridentine mass, containing the texts of prayers.

Noun

altar card (plural altar cards)

  1. One of a set of three richly-ornamented cards, placed on the altar during a Tridentine mass, containing the texts of prayers.

Forms of altar card

pluralaltar cards

Questions about altar card

What does altar card mean?
Altar card means one of a set of three richly-ornamented cards, placed on the altar during a Tridentine mass, containing the texts of prayers.
What part of speech is altar card?
Altar card is a noun.
What is the plural of altar card?
The plural of altar card is altar cards.

Words near altar card in the dictionary

  1. altar boys
  2. altar bread
  3. altar breads
  4. altar call
  5. altar calls
  6. altar card
  7. altar cards
  8. altar carpet
  9. altar cloth
  10. altar cloths
  11. altar girl

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