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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUPERALTAR

SUPERALTAR Su "per *al `tar, n. (Arch. )

Defn: A raised shelf or stand on the back of an altar, on which different objects can be placed; a predella or gradino.

New American Oxford Dictionary

superaltar

super |altar |ˈsuːpərɔːltə, -rɒl -, sjuː -| ▶noun a portable slab of stone consecrated for use where there is no consecrated altar. ORIGIN Middle English: from medieval Latin superaltare, from super- ‘over ’ + late Latin altar (e )‘altar ’.

Oxford Dictionary

superaltar

super |altar |ˈsuːpərɔːltə, -rɒl -, sjuː -| ▶noun a portable slab of stone consecrated for use where there is no consecrated altar. ORIGIN Middle English: from medieval Latin superaltare, from super- ‘over ’ + late Latin altar (e )‘altar ’.