Altar stone
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historical examples
going in she would seat herself on the central or altar stone and give a little time to meditation—to the tuning of her mind.
dead man’s plack and an old thorn william henry hudson
must the ciborium containing particles to be consecrated, be placed not merely on the corporal, but also on the altar stone?
the irish ecclesiastical record, volume 1, march 1865 various
if he had not owned that he knew that it was the stonehenge altar stone!
the magic world edith nesbit
within the horseshoe, and near its apex, lies the famous “altar stone” (a), a block measuring about 16 feet by 4.
rough stone monuments and their builders t. eric peet
the sun strikes through the arch on to the altar stone at sunrise.
the magic world edith nesbit
morfed heard it and looked up, setting at the same time his hand on the edge of the altar stone.
a prince of cornwall charles w. whistler
before them a standing horseshoe of foreign stones, and in the front of the great trilithon a flat slab or altar stone.
stonehenge frank stevens
that night, for the first time since he had first gone to sleep on the altar stone, quentin slept apart from it.
the magic world edith nesbit
(j) a simple rec-mbent slab of micaceous sandstone called the “altar stone.”
stonehenge frank stevens
this paper had been carelessly folded and placed where he found it, upon the altar stone.
the katipunan j. brecknock watson (aka francis st. clair)
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