Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The carpet covering the raised floor in front of the altar, and generally the altar-steps as well.
- noun Rarely, a covering for the altar.
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Examples
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She studied the pattern that fell on the red altar-carpet through a sun-flooded window.
Saturday's Child Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923
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