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Epistle Side of Altar
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
The right side of the altar as one faces it, so called because, very frequently, parts of the Bible taken from the epistles of the Apostles are read there during Mass as lessons.
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Entry for 'Epistle Side of Altar'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/e/epistle-side-of-altar.html. 1910.