altar
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a special table where religious ceremonies are performed, especially in a Christian church
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a special table where religious ceremonies are performed, especially in a Christian church
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a long loose piece of clothing, often black and covering the whole body, traditionally worn by some priests
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a large cup for wine, especially one used during the Christian ceremony of holy communion
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a shape with one long upright line and one shorter line across it, used as a symbol of Christianity
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a stone bowl, usually on top of a post, that holds water for the baptism ceremony in the Christian church
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in some churches, a thick cushion (=cloth bag filled with soft material) used for kneeling on
in old stories, the cup that Jesus drank from at the last supper
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a picture or model of a holy person that is used in religious worship in the Russian or Greek Orthodox Church
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a large decorated screen in some Christian churches that separates the main part of the church from the part where the altar is
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the holy bread and wine that people eat and drink as part of the Christian ceremony of communion
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the marks on Jesus Christ’s body where he was attached to the cross, or marks on the skin of some religious people that are similar to these injuries
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a loose white piece of clothing, worn over other clothes by priests, church singers, and people who help during ceremonies
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a thin round piece of bread that a priest gives people to eat during the Christian religious ceremony of holy communion
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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