Meaning of Mensa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs.
2. A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans.
3. In planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land.
4. The upper surface of an altar.

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Examples

“Some churches also have an altar stone, a separate stone set into the mensa containing a relic of a saint, although this is becoming extremely rare.”

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