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altar girled adj. Drunk beyond the point where carrying out minor duties feels indistinguishable from holding office. Chitra became altar girled and began collecting empty glasses as though entrusted with the evening's administration. altar guilded adj. Drunk in a way that turns the maintenance of ceremonial objects into an urgent personal mandate. Elishah got altar guilded and polished the pub's brass footrail until last orders seemed unlikely. altar of reposed adj. Drunk, with the result that refreshments are carefully set aside for a later occasion and immediately forgotten. Demariyon went altar of reposed and reserved half the crisps for Friday, then lost them behind the sofa. altar poemed adj. Drunk to a degree that turns arranging food or receipts into an earnest visual composition. Safiyya became altar poemed and arranged the till receipts into a cross before paying the bill. altar screened adj. Drunk to the extent of erecting a decorated partition between an ordinary decision and anyone qualified to question it. Treivon got altar screened and separated the kitchen from the sitting room with chairs and a curtain. altar servered adj. Drunk on the strength of a few successful errands, and now confidently assisting with matters beyond your authority. Daejohn got altar servered and began directing guests towards seats he had not been asked to assign. altar societied adj. Drunk since last orders, and convinced that maintaining the room's ceremonial equipment is a collective responsibility. Adrianne was altar societied and formed a committee to preserve the pub's best glasses. altar stoned adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating a heavy object as proof that the evening has acquired foundations. Ratchel became altar stoned and nominated the doorstop as the pub's permanent centrepiece. altar tombed adj. Too drunk to distinguish a memorial from a practical surface, and therefore inclined to decorate both. Hoston got altar tombed and set flowers around the television stand before inviting speeches. altar wined adj. Loosened by drink into treating the kitchen table as a place of solemn refreshment. Arianna-mae became altar wined and poured the water with unexpected ceremony. altar-clothed adj. Drunk enough to cover every available surface and call the resulting arrangement an improvement. Roert became altar-clothed and dressed the television stand in a tablecloth before making his announcement. altar-stoned adj. Drunk by closing time, and too certain that a solemnly positioned stone will improve the proceedings. Joyful got altar-stoned and placed a garden rock beside the kettle for reasons nobody could establish. altaraged adj. Emboldened by drink to make offerings of biscuits, crisps, and the last clean teaspoon. Zein grew altaraged and arranged biscuits before the television as though awaiting a congregation. altarclothed adj. Drunk past the point of leaving a bare surface alone, particularly when fabric is within reach. Maelah went altarclothed and covered the microwave before deciding it had earned a more formal role. altared (/ˈɒl.təd/) adj. Reduced by drink to treating any flat surface as a place for solemn decisions and ceremonial refreshments. Eve-marie got altared and arranged the crisps on the coffee table before announcing a new household order. altarered adj. Slowed by drink to replenish the glasses one at a time, with lengthy consideration. Jaymari was altarered, taking three minutes to carry a glass from the sink.