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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A minor or secondary altar, in distinction from the high altar; any other altar than the chief one in a church: now commonly called side altar.
  • noun A name given by some writers on Christian archæology to a table standing beside the altar, for holding the vestments, the sacred vessels, etc.; a credence.

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