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altar poles (altar components, <altars and altar components>, ... Components (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: General term for poles, staffs, or pillars located at or incorporated in the altar, used in several religions globally. Examples are wooden poles surmounted by metal toppers, used in processions to the altar and then placed at the altar during a liturgy or ceremony. |
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altar poles (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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altar pole (C,U,English,AD,SN)
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altar pillars (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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altar staffs (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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altar staff (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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poles, altar (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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עמוד מזבח (C,U,Hebrew,D,N)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.PJ |
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........ components (objects parts) (G) |
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.................................... altar poles (P,U) |
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