altarlike

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English

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Etymology

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altar +‎ -like

Adjective

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altarlike (comparative more altarlike, superlative most altarlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an altar.
    • 1849, Herman Melville, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither:
      All this he inferred from the altarlike prow and there being no women on board.