Bible Dictionaries
Altar Cover
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
(altar-cover, vespebale, or stragulum) A cover of cloth, baize, or velvet, of any color, though usually green or red, used on the altar outside the time of sacred functions, to prevent staining or soiling of the altar-cloth.
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Entry for 'Altar Cover'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/altar-cover.html. 1910.