HIGH ALTAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high altar mean? 

• HIGH ALTAR (noun)
  The noun HIGH ALTAR has 1 sense:

1. the main altar in a church

  Familiarity information: HIGH ALTAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGH ALTAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The main altar in a church

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("high altar" is a kind of...):

altar (a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made)