Obs.; also 6 aare. [a. OFr. aire:L. āra altar.] An altar.
1581. Studley, Senecas Trag., 57 b. Nor yet deuoutly praying, at the Aares with godly guise To Pallas, president in earth, to offer sacrifice.
1652. C. Staplyton, Herodian, xx. 166. Distracted like men ran upon these Aires, Maximiens Honord Statues were defaced.