Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A light placed upon or near an altar, and having a symbolical meaning.
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Examples
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A handsome, agonised man of thirty, with a strong body and a fierce, tormented heart, his lips framing silently but readably in the altar-light.
A Rare Benedictine Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1988
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Just then, by chance, the altar-light was dimmed, so that she could not distinguish the faintest outline of the figures on the painted glass, but all seemed like a blue cloud of vapoury mist.
The Dream ��mile Zola 1871
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