ALTARS Synonyms

• a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered

• a place of worship that has its own altar

• a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar

• a large burial chamber, usually above ground

• a recognition of meritorious service

• a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority

• a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

• addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)

• a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)

• a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept

• a shelter from danger or hardship

• area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing

• a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person

• enclose in a shrine

• place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

• the flat area on either side of the forehead

• an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes

• (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation

• a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

• the table in Christian churches where communion is given

• the table in Christian churches where communion is given