Image from page 183 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897)

Identifier: centurydictionary01whit
Title: The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world ..
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli), 1857-1913
Subjects: English language Atlases Biography Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : The Century Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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Creek Altar... - ..,. . t From the Street of Tombs, Assos, ex- sometimes with ncn plored by the Archaeological Institute of architectural orna- America in 1884. ments, sculptures, and painting. In the Roman Catholic Chinch the altar Is the table, since the early ages of the iliuirb cither of stone or including a block of stone (the aUar-.stoiic), upon which the priest consecrates the eucharist. The altar-stone is con-
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Ancient High Altar of Notre Dame, Paris. 13th century.(ViolTet-le-Ducs Diet, de IArchitectore.) secrated by the bishop or a specially liccnscil abbot, whoanoints it with chrism, and often seals up certain relicsin a small caWty made for tlic purpose ; the consecrationremains in virtue until cither the stone or the seal is broken.3. The steps at the sides of a graving-dock.—Family altar, the prncticc or the place of family worshipor di viitioiis. High altar, the chief or principal altar ina calhcdral nr citli, r chuich having miue than one altar.It stands beyond tlic clioir at the end of the sanctuary i>rchancel opposite the front or the main entrance, and usu-ally has behind it a screen, rercdos. or dossel, so as tomake it, even when there is an ambuljltory with chapelsor any other feature behind it, the chief object on whichthe eye rests on entering the cluirch. Lesser or .viV/c altarsoften stand in chapels or against the pillars of the nave,.ice cut under cathedral. Privileged