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footpace

noun

Definition of footpace

as in altar

a raised platform (as beneath an altar) … [He] deposited his basket by the font, went up the nave …; then he knelt upon the footpace.—Thomas Hardy

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In the episode, Bert is immediately propositioned by one of the gorgeous local women, who quickly becomes his girlfriend, stopping to sleep with others upon Bert’s request as they are headed to the altar.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
Martinelli would not be the first to be sacrificed on the altar of progress.

— James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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The first and second floors feature large assembly halls with rows of pulpits on different levels, representing a hierarchy of the priesthood just emerging in early Mormon practice.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Hurst in ‘93 was among the first inside the church upon the flooding, which lifted the pews off the floor and toppled the statues and rose high enough, more than 9 feet, to fill the pulpit.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

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