altar-cloth

The presence of women in the castle had already made some changes in the furnishings of the chapel, by the provision of an embroidered altar-cloth, and the addition of a green-cushioned prie-dieu for the empress's use.

A River So Long 2010

But he carried off with him, nevertheless, one of the handsomest mantles, which, instead of selling it, he converted cleverly enough into an altar-cloth; and for several years afterwards, the communion at Northam was celebrated upon a blaze of emerald, azure, and crimson, which had once adorned the sinful body of some Aztec prince.

Westward Ho! 2007

“I shall have that golden robe,” thought Nanon, who went to sleep tricked out in her altar-cloth, dreaming for the first time in her life of flowers, embroidery, and damask, just as

Eug�nie Grandet 2007

Madame de Florac: and when they went downstairs and had their work before them — Liddy her gilt music-book, Lizzy her embroidered altar-cloth, mamma her scarlet cloak for one of the old women — they had the agony of seeing the barouche over the railings whisk by, with the Park people inside, and Barnes driving the four horses.

The Newcomes 2006

“But for Saint Dunstan?” said the Friar — “A cope, a stole, and an altar-cloth shalt thou also have,” continued the King, crossing himself — “But we may not turn our game into earnest, lest God punish us for thinking more on our follies than on his honour and worship.”

Ivanhoe 2004

When she re-entered the tomb, Warrick had already gotten the altar-cloth laid out on the ground, and had lit candles and stuck them wherever he could, to save the batteries on the torch.

Phoenix And Ashes Lackey, Mercedes 2004

The four of them bent as one to secure their candles in saucers at the four edges of the altar-cloth, then rose again.

Phoenix And Ashes Lackey, Mercedes 2004

I had especially thought out everything in connection with the principal characters: a magnificently fanatical harlot who had sinned in the temple, not from weakness or desire, but for hate against heaven; sinner right at the foot of the altar, with the altar-cloth under her head, just out of delicious contempt for heaven.

Hunger 2003

The presence of women in the castle had already made some changes in the furnishings of the chapel, by the provision of an embroidered altar-cloth, and the addition of a green-cushioned prie-dieu for the empress's use.

Brother Cadfael's Penance Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1994

Robin turned away, sickened, as blood sprayed across the white altar-cloth, and the man collapsed with a gurgling cry.

The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993