Definition of Altar

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ALTAR noun

	The place whereupon the priest formerly raveled out the small intestine of the sacrificial victim for purposes of divination and cooked its flesh for the gods. The word is now seldom used, except with reference to the sacrifice of their liberty and peace by a male and a female tool. They stood before the altar and supplied The fire themselves in which their fat was fried. In vain the sacrifice! -- no god will claim An offering burnt with an unholy flame. M.P. Nopput

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Ambidextrous

Regular definition:

ALTAR:
??:lt? n. 1 a table or flat-topped block, often of stone, for sacrifice or offering to a deity. 2 a Communion-table. øaltar boy a boy who serves as a priest's assistant in a service. lead to the altar marry (a woman). [OE altar -er, Gmc adoption of LL altar, altarium f. L altaria (pl.) burnt offerings, altar, prob. rel. to adolere burn in sacrifice]

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