ostensory

American  

[o-sten-suh-ree] / ɒˈstɛn sə ri /

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

PLURAL

ostensories

1. monstrance.

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ostensory British  

/ ɒsˈtɛnsərɪ /

noun

1. RC Church another word for monstrance

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Etymology

Origin of ostensory

1715–25; < Medieval Latin ostēnsōrium; ostensive, -tory ²

Example Sentences

That kingdom fair Whereof the Virgin ariseth Queen, Its lowly, ardent joy is he; And his flaming sword in the ambient air Vibrates like an ostensory— The suddenly flashing St. George! behold, He strikes through my soul like a fire of gold!

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The treasury contains a late Gothic ostensory with Renaissance patterns on the foot, a chalice which has portions of several dates, and a seventeenth-century processional cross.

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An ostensory has the same detail of the flying angels, and there is also a large paten with Christ as the Man of Sorrows on a blue enamel ground.

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The treasury was once the richest in Dalmatia, but now only contains a few objects—arm reliquaries, ostensory, and a silver-gilt ewer, &c.

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Associated words: ciborium, pyx, paten, monstrance, ostensory, ostension, ostensorium. hostile, a. antagonistic, inimical, unfriendly, repugnant, adverse. hostility, n. enmity, animosity, unfriendliness, opposition, warfare, aggression. hostler, n. groom. hot, a. torrid, sultry, fiery, scalding, scorching, grilling, broiling, tropical, candent; vehement, passionate, irascible, fervid, ardent, piquant, pungent, acrid, spicy. hot-blooded, a. ardent, passionate, irritable, excitable, irascible. hotel, n. hostelry, inn, tavern, caravansary. hotel-keeper, n. hosteler, host, landlord, inn-keeper, Boniface. hot room of Roman baths. caldarium. hot springs.

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