Assertion: altar | /r/HasProperty | place
Facets:
value: in roman catholicism
type: LOCATION
value: for burning animal sacrifices
type: PURPOSE
value: for christians
type: OTHER
value: for worship
type: PURPOSE
value: nowadays
type: TEMPORAL
value: outside
type: LOCATION
value: in houses
type: LOCATION
value: for meditation
type: PURPOSE
value: for prayer
type: PURPOSE
value: in ritual
type: TEMPORAL
value: for ritual
type: PURPOSE
value: for sanctuary
type: PURPOSE
value: in the old testament
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Thus, an altar is a place where sacrifice is offered, even if it is not an event involving slaughter.
text: When altars are placed away from the wall of the chancel allowing a westward orientation, only two candles are placed on either end of it, since six would obscure the liturgical action, undermining the intent of a westward orientation (i.e., that it be visible to the congregation).
text: The altar of incense was the place purified by the sprinkling of blood, so the people’s prayers might be accepted through sacrifices.
text: The altar was a place where an unintentional murderer could gain a haven ( Exod 21:13-14 ).
text: An altar is a place, often a table, where a religious event happens.
text: In the Old Testament, the altar was a place where people would offer sacrifices to God as atonement for sin (Lev. 9:7).
text: Both the altar and the pulpit are vertical in the sense that the altar is a place where people offer sacrifices upward towards God.
text: An altar is a place, often a table, where a religious event happens.
text: When created ceremoniously and in ritual your altar is a place for sanctuary, prayer, meditation and ritual.
text: An altar, represented by an underscore (_), is a place where you may worship gods.
text: The Altar is a place for worship (Gen 8.20)
text: An altar is a place, often a table, where a religious event happens.
text: An altar is a sacred space or place that is used for ritual.
text: Altars were places where the divine and human worlds interacted.
text: If the altar is so placed that its back can be seen by the people, that part should likewise be covered with an antipendium (Crem.
text: The altar of repose is an altar where the Communion hosts consecrated on Maundy Thursday during the Mass of the Lord's Supper are placed, or "reserved", for use on the following day, Good Friday.
text: Altars could, for example, be quite small and placed in houses or, less commonly, have gigantic dimensions as in the case of the Pergamon Altar.
text: It is also acceptable if the altar is placed outside, as long as it is covered.
text: Nowadays, the altar is the place for non-sacrificial religious rites such as communion or weddings, and is a metaphor for offerings.
text: The altar was the place for burning animal sacrifices.
text: For Christians, the altar of the Lord is the place where the sacrifice of Christ on the cross is celebrated; the table of the Lord is the place where Christians receive the Eucharist as food; some Christians also understand the altar as a symbol of the tomb of Jesus.
text: In Roman Catholicism, the altar is both the sacrificial table and the place where the paschal feast takes place.