credence table

British  

noun

1. a small sideboard, originally one at which food was tasted for poison before serving

2. Christianity a small table or ledge on which the bread, wine, etc, are placed before being consecrated in the Eucharist

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credence table

The present cedar credence table was made long after Mr. Keble’s death, the original one was walnut, matching the chancel fittings.

From John Keble's Parishes by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

At the east end are traces of an altar and credence table, and close by is a piscina.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Sergeant, Philip Walsingham

There was a stone altar in the best style, a credence table, a piscina, what looked like a tabernacle, and a couple of handsome brass candlesticks.

From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by Newman, John Henry

Note the piscina, three sedilia and credence table in chancel; also the finely carved font of Ancaster stone, on marble pillars, presented by the children of the parish.

From Hertfordshire by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)

Vincent had risen to fetch the cruets from the credence table.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile