Altar Hunt

This puzzle focuses on the different parts and objects found near religious altars. Students will identify terms like tabernacle, mensa, candlesticks, and thurible. These items often hold ceremonial and symbolic value in religious services. The vocabulary encourages students to familiarize themselves with sacred architecture and furnishings.

By searching for complex and uncommon words, students expand their descriptive vocabulary. It builds familiarity with spelling and form of liturgical terminology. It’s a good exercise in patience, visual attention, and cognitive persistence. This also supports fine motor and pattern recognition skills.

Words In This Puzzle – Tabernacle, Mensa, Reredos, Retable, Credence, Candlesticks, Pall, Veil, Corporal, Ciborium, Burse, Gradine, Thurible, Lavabo, Reliquary