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American Church Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
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those linen cloths, three in number, which are used to cover the altar-slab. The first is a cloath duly prepared with melted wax (hence called the altar- cerecloth); the second is a cloth to protect this first cloth; and the last is the cloth of linen which. placed over the top of the altar, hangs down to the ground, or nearly so, at either end of the altar.