altar

IPA(Pronunciation)

informal figuratively

Japanese Meaning

祭壇：宗教儀式に用いられる、平らな台や似た構造物。 / （非公式）教会内で祭壇を囲む上部の区域、すなわち聖域

She placed the bouquet on the altar before lighting the candles.

彼女はろうそくに火を灯す前に、花束を祭壇の上に置いた。

Sense（1）

A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

To hawke, or els to hunt

From the auter to the funt,

Wyth cry unreverent,

Before the sacrament,

Wythin the holy church bowndis,

That of our fayth the grownd is.

Sense（2）

(informal) A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.

Sense（3）

(figuratively) Any (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to.

altars

（ plural ）