Usually means: Barrier between congregation and altar.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. altar rail: Merriam-Webster
  2. altar rail: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. altar rail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. altar rail: Collins English Dictionary
  5. altar-rail, altar rail: Wordnik
  6. altar rail: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Altar rail, altar rail: Dictionary.com
  8. Altar rail: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. altar rail: FreeDictionary.org
  10. altar rail: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. altar rail, Altar rail: Merriam-Webster

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Altar Rail, Rail, Altar: Catholic Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Altar rail)

▸ noun:  The altar rail (also known as a communion rail or chancel rail) is a low barrier, sometimes ornate and usually made of stone, wood or metal in some combination, delimiting the chancel or the sanctuary and altar in a church, from the nave and other parts that contain the congregation.


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