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Introit :: Introit (n.) A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.

Pace :: Pace (n.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall..

Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep..

Gradine :: Gradine (n.) Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another..

Ostension :: Ostension (n.) The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.

Altarist :: Altarist (n.) A chaplain.

Altar :: Altar (n.) A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity.

Orientation :: Orientation (n.) An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end..

Dorsal :: Dorsal (a.) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position..

Introit :: Introit (n.) A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar..

Canopy :: Canopy (n.) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc..

Retable :: Retable (n.) A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc..

Antependium :: Antependium (n.) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.

Fashion :: Fashion (n.) The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution..

Priest :: Priest (n.) One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests..

Triptych :: Triptych (n.) A picture or altarpiece in three compartments.

Haikal :: Haikal (n.) The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain..

Chapel :: Chapel (n.) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar..

Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.

Footpace :: Footpace (n.) A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase..

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