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altarlet

altarlet noun: a small altar.

Noun

altarlet (plural altarlets)

  1. A small altar.
    • For of how small dimensions the altar of Santiago formerly was, lest we should be supposed to diminish it in our relation, may better be collected from the measure of the altarlet itself.1829, Robert Southey, All for love; and The pilgrim to Compostella, page 203
    • The canons say that an altar should be of stone ; altare debet esse lapideum, If the altar is not wholly of stone, but of wood for example, it suffices that there be an altarlet (altariolus) of stone or a lapis sacratus, holy stone, in it.1893, John O'Neill, The Night of the Gods

Forms of altarlet

pluralaltarlets

Origin of altarlet

From altar + -let.

Questions about altarlet

What does altarlet mean?
Altarlet means a small altar.
What part of speech is altarlet?
Altarlet is a noun.
What is the plural of altarlet?
The plural of altarlet is altarlets.

Words near altarlet in the dictionary

  1. altarers
  2. altarist
  3. altarists
  4. altarity
  5. altarless
  6. altarlet
  7. altarlets
  8. altarlike
  9. Altarnun
  10. altarpiece
  11. altarpieces

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