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CONSECRATED ALTAR
A fixed altar or permanent structure of stone, consisting of the table and the supports liturgically consecrated together as one whole. They may not be detached without the altar losing its consecration.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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