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

When the pope celebrates Mass a special credence table on the Gospel side of the altar is used, and the ceremony of tasting for poison in the unconsecrated elements is still observed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

South of the Communion table, attached to the wall as a credence table, is an Early English capital, with piscina behind. 

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by James Conway Walter

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 John Henry Newman

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

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola

In Elizabeth's time the communion table was moved into the middle of the chapel, and the credence table destroyed.

From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by John Richard Green