The phrase "altar light" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a light that is placed on or near an altar, often in a religious context.
Example: "The altar light flickered softly as the congregation gathered for the evening service."
Alternatives: "sanctuary light" or "liturgical light".
Some of their events include attending funeral Masses and collecting money to purchase altar linens, vestments, and altar lights.
"These people are the sacrificial lambs on the altar of light entertainment and they have gone willingly: a smart tongue has got them to say all sorts and it is a very unfair representation of unemployment in this country.
With the cardinal's closed coffin resting in the center aisle near the altar, the light streaming through the church's stained glass, the ceremony will begin with a procession expected to take 45 minutes.
Hundreds of traditionally dressed Mam Maya highlanders looked on with bated breath as Anaya, perhaps the world's highest-ranking authority on indigenous issues, knelt before the altar to light the red candle.
In the emptiness and the darkness, the altar candle lights and warms.
Photos: Two altar boys lighted a candle yesterday at a Mass dedicated to Pope John Paul II in a church in Wadowice, his hometown in Poland.
Inside the front door of Sandra Ávila Beltrán's home is an altar and lit candles that form a crowded shrine to her first husband (riddled by gunfire), her second husband (stabbed through the heart) and her brother (tortured to death).
Garden of Lights includes a garden above an underground room where lights show through to altars below, a light and an altar for each victim.
Local author Cedar Sigo performs a reading among altars, colored lights, and descending tones.
Makeshift altars and lit candles marked the spots where residents had died.
