altar-mor
Portuguese, noun
altar-mor is spelled A-L-T-A-R-M-O-R (8 letters). Altar-mor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “high altar (main altar in a church)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “altar principal de uma igreja, localizado na extremidade oposta à porta de entrada”.
What does altar-mor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehigh altar (main altar in a church)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. altar principal de uma igreja, localizado na extremidade oposta à porta de entrada
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of altar-mor
- altares-mores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).