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• Altar Steps — • The number of steps leading up to the high altar is for symbolical reasons uneven; usually three, five, or seven, including the upper platform Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar Steps     Altar Steps …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar Carpets — • The sanctuary and altar steps of the high altar are ordinarily to be covered with carpets Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar Carpets     Altar Carpets      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar (in Liturgy) — • In the New Law the altar is the table on which the Eucharistic Sacrifice is offered Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar (in Liturgy)     Altar (in Liturgy) …   Catholic encyclopedia

• ALTAR — (Heb. מִזְבֵּח, mizbe aḥ, derived from the root zbḥ (זבח), meaning to slaughter (as a sacrifice) ), originally the place where sacrificial slaughter was performed (e.g., the sacrifice of Isaac in Gen. 22). According to biblical law however,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Altar Ledge — • A step behind the altar, raised slightly above it, for candlesticks, flowers, reliquaries, and other ornaments Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar Ledge     Altar Ledge   …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar Candlesticks — • Consists of five parts: the foot, the stem, the knob about the middle of the stem, the bowl to receive the drippings of wax, and the pricket, i.e. the sharp point that terminates the stem on which the candle is fixed Catholic Encyclopedia.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar Screen — • A cloth, on which images of Our Lord, of the Blessed Virgin, or of saints, are represented, may be suspended above the altar, unless such images are painted on the wall Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar Screen     Alta …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar Cards — • To assist the memory of the celebrant at Mass in those prayers which he should know by heart, cards on which these prayers are printed are placed on the altar in the middle, and at each end Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar Cards …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar Lamp — • In the Old Testament God commanded that a lamp filled with the purest oil of olives should always burn in the Tabernacle of the Testimony without the veil Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar Lamp     Altar Lamp …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Altar cards — are three cards placed on the altar during the Tridentine Mass. They contain certain prayers that the priest must say during the Mass, and their only purpose is as a memory aid, although they are usually very beautifully decorated.HistoryAltar… …   Wikipedia