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

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

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 in the meanwhile fetched the cruets from the credence table, and now presented them in turn, first the wine and then the water.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola

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

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola

The credence table, of somewhat elaborate design, is of carved oak with a marble top.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum by Gleeson White