prosphora
American
[praws-faw-r ah, pros-fuh-rah, -fer-uh]
/ ˈprɔs fɔ rɑ, ˈprɒs fəˌrɑ, -fər ə /
noun
Eastern Church.
Etymology
Origin of prosphora
1870–75; < Greek prosphorá an offering, literally, a bringing to, applying, equivalent to pros- toward + phorá something carried (verbid of phérein to bring)
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