2. Shrine, sacred place, place of worship, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum, inmost adyta, inner penetralia.
    3. Communion-table, holy table, Lord’s table.

Alter, v. a. Change, vary, modify, shift, turn, transmute, metamorphose, transform, convert, make some change in.

Alter, v. n. Vary, change, be changeable, become different.

Alterable, a. Changeable, variable, mutable. See alter.

Alterant, n. (Med.) Alterative.

Alteration, n. Change, variation, modification, deviation, variance, turn, mutation, vicissitude.

Alterative, n. (Med.) Alterant.

Altercation, n. Dispute, controversy, contention, strife, difference, jangling, jangle, jarring, rupture, quarrel, sparring, bickering, wrangle, wrangling, dissension, war of words.

Alternate, a.

    1. Reciprocal, one after another, in turn
    2. Every other, separated by one, succeeding each other with intervals of one, discontinuous by omission of one.
    3. On different sides successively.

Alternate, v. n. Reciprocate, act interchangeably.

Alternate, v. a. Perform reciprocally, or by turns, or responsively, or by strophe and antistrophe.

Alternation, n. Reciprocation, interchange.

Alternative, n. Choice (between two things), other (of two).

Although, conj. Though, albeit, notwithstanding, grant that, for all that, be it so, even if, even supposing.

Altitude, n. Height, elevation, loftiness.

Alto, n. (Mus.) Counter, counter-tenor, second, contralto.

Altogether, ad.

    1. Wholly, quite, completely, entirely, totally, utterly, thoroughly, throughout, fully, perfectly, in toto, out and out, to the full.
    2. Conjointly, in the aggregate, in sum total, in a body, in a mass, en masse.

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