superaltar

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Noun
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sup=er=al=tar

CIDE DICTIONARY

superaltarn. 
     A raised shelf or stand on the back of an altar, on which different objects can be placed; a predella or gradino.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

superaltar, n. Eccl. a portable slab of stone consecrated for use on an unconsecrated altar etc.

Etymology
ME f. med.L superaltare (as SUPER-, ALTAR)

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