ciborium
Americannoun
plural
ciboria-
a permanent canopy placed over an altar; baldachin.
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any container designed to hold the consecrated bread or sacred wafers for the Eucharist.
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Archaic. a severy.
noun
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a goblet-shaped lidded vessel used to hold consecrated wafers in Holy Communion
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a freestanding canopy fixed over an altar and supported by four pillars
Etymology
Origin of ciborium
1645–55; < Latin: drinking-cup < Greek kibṓrion literally, the seed vessel of the Egyptian lotus, which the cup apparently resembled
Example Sentences
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At St. Alphonsa’s on Monday, the police said they believed the break-in was a burglary, and noted that a DVD player was taken with the two ceremonial vessels, a monstrance and a ciborium.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2015
Its next choice, a ciborium given to “France or Germany” and assigned a date in the late 14th or early 15th century, was less inspired.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2011
The tabernacle containing the ciborium and Host was gone.
From Time Magazine Archive
London Silversmith Gerald Benney, designer of the ciborium for Coventry's new cathedral, offers a squat, modern tea service for $1,080.
From Time Magazine Archive
O I would build an Ark of words, A safe ciborium where to lay The secret soul of loveliness.
From A Pushcart at the Curb by Dos Passos, John
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