credence table
Britishnoun
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a small sideboard, originally one at which food was tasted for poison before serving
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Christianity a small table or ledge on which the bread, wine, etc, are placed before being consecrated in the Eucharist
Example Sentences
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Vincent had risen to fetch the cruets from the credence table.
From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile
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 Green, John Richard
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
The High Altar, the credence table, and sedilia, are excellent examples of modern work.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum by White, Gleeson
In some churches there is a separate credence table.
From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
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