Dragged to the altar? (5)
I believe the answer is:
towed
'dragged' is the definition.
(towing is a kind of dragging)
'the altar?' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'altar?' becomes 'owed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
't'+'owed'='TOWED'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for towed that I've seen before include "drawn" , "Helped when powerless" , "Hauled" , "Pulled along" , "Dragged behind" .)