Definition of Altar wine

1. Noun. Used in a communion service.

Exact synonyms: Sacramental Wine
Generic synonyms: Vino, Wine

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

alt key
alt keys
alt text
altaite
altanserin
altar
altar bell
altar boy
altar boys
altar card
altar cards
altar girl
altar girls
altar poem
altar screen
altar wine
altar wines
altarage
altarages
altarist
altarists
altarity
altarlike
altarpiece
altarpieces
altars
altarwise
altazimuth
altazimuths
altbier

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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