altar-slab

Sunrise glowed red as I climbed along the gorge, when I reached the grove, I saw the altar-slab all scattered with brightness, like the harper's robe.

The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958

Here also are the remains of St. Juliet's chapel, with its altar-slab and stone benches.

The Cornwall Coast

The late Norman chancel, the plain circular font of the same period, and the massive altar-slab in the chapel, enclosed by wooden screens on the north side, are the most notable features.

Yorkshire Gordon Home 1923

In the consecration of an altar, also, crosses are to be marked in chrism upon the altar-slab with almost the same form of words as that used for the walls.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

The marble of the box was taken from the altar-slab in the chapel of the Bastile, and in the middle, in gold relief, was a picture of King Louis.

Ten Boys from History Kate Dickinson Sweetser 1903

Prosper watched her spread a white cloth upon the altar-slab, and set a Mass-book upon a stand; he saw her go and return with two lighted tapers for the sockets, he saw a silver crucifix shine between them.

The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett 1892

He would have turned an altar-slab into a hall-table, or made a cupboard of

A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century 1886