Al'tar, n.

noun

n. [Lat. altare, altar, altarium, from the same root as altus, high, O. H. Ger. altari, N. H. Ger. altar: Pr. altar.]

Sense 1. A table or elevated place on which gifts and sacrifices are offered to some deity. Hook. “Noah builded an altar to the Lord.” Gen. viii. 20.

The cut represents a square altar, and is copied from a Roman original.

Sense 2. In Christian churches, the communion table. Hook.

An altar with a smoking censer placed on top. — Altar.

A small illustration of a square altar. — The cut represents a square altar, and is copied from a Roman original.