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

  • 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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