Bye-altars

Bye-Altars (or Tables), as called by bishop Ridley, probably designate minor or secondary altars, in distinction from the high-altar; but in the primitive Church there were two tables, one, for holding the vestments, on the right side, and the other on the left, for the vessels; and so the term may indicate a credence.

 
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