Curtain, Altar

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• Altar Curtain — • Drawn around the altar at certain parts of Mass Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar Curtain     Altar Curtain     † …   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 (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 — For other uses, see Altar (disambiguation). Detail from Religion, Charles Sprague Pearce (1896). Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C …   Wikipedia

• Altar (Catholicism) — High altar of St. Michael s Church, Munich. In the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, the altar is where the Sacrifice of the Mass is offered. Mass may sometimes be celebrated outside a sacred place, but never without an altar, or at least an… …   Wikipedia

• Altar-Curtains — The altar curtains are richly embroidered with texts and figures in needlework, or in golden and silvery tissues. The altar curtain hangs before the door of the sanctuary …   Dictionary of church terms

• ridel — altar curtain Ecclesiastical Terms …   Phrontistery dictionary

• Rites in the United States — • Article discussing various rites used within the United States Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Rites in the United States     Rites in the United States      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Tabernacle — • Vessel holding the Blessed Sacrament • Old Testament precursor to the Temple Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Tabernacle     ♦ …   Catholic encyclopedia

• theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …   Universalium