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altarware

altarware noun: religious items made from precious metals such as chalices and patens, that are used on an altar during eucharist.

Noun

altarware (uncountable)

  1. Religious items made from precious metals such as chalices and patens, that are used on an altar during eucharist.
    • During this same period the friary was accused of pawning its precious altarware when the house treasury was short of funds.1972, PL Nyhus, “The Observant reform movement in southern Germany”, in Franciscan Studies, volume 32
    • The workshop he ran would have taken in commissions for everything from candlesticks, church furniture (altarware, tracery and bronze plaques) wedding gifts and anything else that required the skills of a craftsman in metal.1987, Geoff Parr, Syllogisms: drawing upon fantasy and function

Origin of altarware

From altar + -ware.

Questions about altarware

What does altarware mean?
Altarware means religious items made from precious metals such as chalices and patens, that are used on an altar during eucharist.
What part of speech is altarware?
Altarware is a noun.

Words near altarware in the dictionary

  1. altars
  2. altars of repose
  3. altarstone
  4. altarstones
  5. altarward
  6. altarware
  7. altarwise
  8. Altavas
  9. Altavista
  10. Altay
  11. Altay Krai

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