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Definition of Altar wine
1. Noun. Used in a communion service.
Definition of Altar wine
1. Noun. A particular type of wine produced for ritual consumption during the Roman Catholic Mass. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Altar Wine
Literary usage of Altar wine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"Wells had said that they had drunk some of the altar wine out of the press in
... But to drink the altar wine out of the press and be found out by the smell ..."
2. Liquor Prohibition by Archibald Douglas Dabney (1920)
"Receiving "altar wine" from Carrier.—A state law prohibiting the receiving of
liquors, the sale of which is prohibited by the laws of this state, ..."
3. The Antiquary (1883)
"... by several shillings a Josen than any altar wine now being offered to the
Clergy, which in churches, where daily or frequent celebrations are observed, ..."
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