Altarlet

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small altar.

    "For of how small dimensions the altar of Santiago formerly was, lest we should be supposed to diminish it in our relation, may better be collected from the measure of the altarlet itself."

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"For of how small dimensions the altar of Santiago formerly was, lest we should be supposed to diminish it in our relation, may better be collected from the measure of the altarlet itself."

Etymology

From altar + -let.

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