high altarn.

Brit.

/hʌɪ ˈɔːltə/,

/hʌɪ ˈɒltə/, U.S.

/ˌhaɪ ˈɔltər/,

/ˌhaɪ ˈɑltər/

Forms: see high adj. and n.² and altar n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., altar n.

Etymology: < high adj. + altar n. (compare discussion at high adj. and n.² Compounds 1, and see note at altar n. 2a). Compare Old Frisian hāchaltare, Middle Dutch hoochaltaer (also as noun phrase hooghe altaer, Dutch hoogaltaar), Middle Low German hōchaltār (also as noun phrase hōge altār), Middle High German hōher altār (German Hochaltar), and also (perhaps after English) Old Icelandic háaltari. Compare also Anglo-Norman halt auter, halt autel (1334 or earlier).Compare Old English hēahwēofod , early Middle English heye weued , in the same sense ( < high adj. + weved n.; compare discussion at altar n.).

The principal altar of a (large) Christian church, typically situated at the east end.Contrasted with side altar. See note at altar n. 2a.

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high altareOE

eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 134 Cibborium, þæs heahalteres ofergeweorc.

OE Homily: Sunnandæges Spell (Tiber. A.iii) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 220 And drehten sende his agen handgewrit an Sancte Petres heahaltare in his cirican, þær mæst manna to gefereþ.

lOE Royal Charter: Æðelberht to Church of Sherborne (Sawyer 333) in M. A. O'Donovan Charters of Sherborne (1988) 20 Æþelbreht se cining..þisne freols mid his agenre hande..ufan in þone heahaltare alegde æt ham æt Scireburnan.

a1350 (?c1280) Conception of Mary (Ashm.) l. 179 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 74 (MED) Vor þer were viftene de gres bifore þe heie auter.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 593 So harnayst as he watȝ he herkneȝ his masse, Offred and honoured at þe heȝe auter.

c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 137 Reynolde, By the grace of god Bisshop of Clone..halowed the Chapell of Saunforde and the high auter.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. iii Ihon of Gaunt..is buried on the northe syde of the high aultare of ye cathedral churche of seint Paul in London.

1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Dij^v Oathes and sworn promises contested at theyr high altar of their masse.

1640 W. Somner Antiq. Canterbury 46 The high altar at St. Austin's, with the Chapells about it.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 204 On the high Altar, a large brasen Vessell of admirable invention.

1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. vi. i. 11/1 Within the Rails before the High Altar, is a most noble and curious in-laid Floor.

c1777 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1910) 8 173 He lays buried in our Church at the foot of the High Altar.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. i. 5 The high altar had been removed.

1894 C. M. Church Chapters Early Hist. Church Wells App. W. 419 High altar dedicated to St. Andrew.

1927 W. Cather Death comes for Archbishop ix. viii. 299 The next morning the old Archbishop lay before the high altar in the church he had built.

1954 Oxf. Junior Encycl. XII. 8/2 Large churches often have subsidiary chapels with their own altars, and then the principal one is called the High Altar.

2008 R. Beard Becoming Drusilla (2009) xiv. 309 The ossuary of St David..rests in a small chapel towards the back of the cathedral, a kind of thoroughfare behind the high altar.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	high altar
释义	high altarn. Brit. /hʌɪ ˈɔːltə/, /hʌɪ ˈɒltə/, U.S. /ˌhaɪ ˈɔltər/, /ˌhaɪ ˈɑltər/ Forms: see high adj. and n.² and altar n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., altar n. Etymology: < high adj. + altar n. (compare discussion at high adj. and n.² Compounds 1, and see note at altar n. 2a). Compare Old Frisian hāchaltare, Middle Dutch hoochaltaer (also as noun phrase hooghe altaer, Dutch hoogaltaar), Middle Low German hōchaltār (also as noun phrase hōge altār), Middle High German hōher altār (German Hochaltar), and also (perhaps after English) Old Icelandic háaltari. Compare also Anglo-Norman halt auter, halt autel (1334 or earlier).Compare Old English hēahwēofod , early Middle English heye weued , in the same sense ( < high adj. + weved n.; compare discussion at altar n.). The principal altar of a (large) Christian church, typically situated at the east end.Contrasted with side altar. See note at altar n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > altar > [noun] > high or principal high altareOE eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 134 Cibborium, þæs heahalteres ofergeweorc. OE Homily: Sunnandæges Spell (Tiber. A.iii) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 220 And drehten sende his agen handgewrit an Sancte Petres heahaltare in his cirican, þær mæst manna to gefereþ. lOE Royal Charter: Æðelberht to Church of Sherborne (Sawyer 333) in M. A. O'Donovan Charters of Sherborne (1988) 20 Æþelbreht se cining..þisne freols mid his agenre hande..ufan in þone heahaltare alegde æt ham æt Scireburnan. a1350 (?c1280) Conception of Mary (Ashm.) l. 179 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 74 (MED) Vor þer were viftene de gres bifore þe heie auter. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 593 So harnayst as he watȝ he herkneȝ his masse, Offred and honoured at þe heȝe auter. c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 137 Reynolde, By the grace of god Bisshop of Clone..halowed the Chapell of Saunforde and the high auter. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. iii Ihon of Gaunt..is buried on the northe syde of the high aultare of ye cathedral churche of seint Paul in London. 1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Dij^v Oathes and sworn promises contested at theyr high altar of their masse. 1640 W. Somner Antiq. Canterbury 46 The high altar at St. Austin's, with the Chapells about it. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 204 On the high Altar, a large brasen Vessell of admirable invention. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. vi. i. 11/1 Within the Rails before the High Altar, is a most noble and curious in-laid Floor. c1777 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1910) 8 173 He lays buried in our Church at the foot of the High Altar. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. i. 5 The high altar had been removed. 1894 C. M. Church Chapters Early Hist. Church Wells App. W. 419 High altar dedicated to St. Andrew. 1927 W. Cather Death comes for Archbishop ix. viii. 299 The next morning the old Archbishop lay before the high altar in the church he had built. 1954 Oxf. Junior Encycl. XII. 8/2 Large churches often have subsidiary chapels with their own altars, and then the principal one is called the High Altar. 2008 R. Beard Becoming Drusilla (2009) xiv. 309 The ossuary of St David..rests in a small chapel towards the back of the cathedral, a kind of thoroughfare behind the high altar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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