Assertion: altar | /r/HasProperty | ad orientem
Facets:
value: towards the people
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: (If the altar is ad orientem, towards the people, the celebrant, facing the people, does not turn his back to the altar when about to say Dominus vobiscum ["The Lord be with you"], Orate, fratres [the introduction to the prayer over the offerings of bread and wine], and Ite, missa est [the dismissal at the conclusion of the Mass], or about to give the blessing ...).